S outhern Oregon News Review, T hursday, S ep tem b er 4, 1947 NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS W om an's W o rld A v o id Thai ‘ H o m e -M ade’ L o o k W illi Chrysanthemum M o tif on Towels • C P ro fe ssio n a l F illin g r, M A T T E R w hether you buy or m ake yo u r garm e n ts, there'» no arg u m e nt about how m uch p ro p ­ e r fittin g of the clo th in g doe» fo r you. There Is, how ever, some con­ tro v e rs y about w hat constitute» good fit because some women feel th a t tightness is essential w hile o th ­ ers advocate a looseness. It'» d iffic u lt to settle an a rg u m e n t lik e that because *o m uch depends upon the figure in vo lve d as w e ll as the fashion, but there are ce rta in d efinite in d ica tio n s we can con­ sider. M ust experts give the fo llo w in g d e scrip tio n of p e rfe ct fittin g and I th in k It helps c le a r the a ir in re gard to how clothes should fa ll on the figure. A w e ll fitte d g a rm e n t fits o ver the bust snugly but not tig h tly There should be no pinched look as though you had “ squeezed’ * Into the dress or blouse. The w a is tlin e , too, should fit snug ly. The dress should give the ap­ pearance o f c lin g in g to the w a is t­ line, but there m ust be no bulge above the w aist. T here should be ease o ver the h ip lin e —and those ol you who have w orn a g a rm e n t th n t was too tig h t o ve r the hips and had it ride and w rin k le when you sat or m ade you w o rry about s p littin g seams, w ill know e x a c tly w hat kin d o f a fit I mean. One of the m ost Im p o rta n t things is to feel co m fo rta b le in the dress you wear. E v e ry fig u re va rie s fro m the norm in at least tw o ways, and th a t is why the s m a ll a lte ra tio n s are im p o rta n t. N ut o nly w ill le ttin g out o r ta k in g In a q u a rte r o r a h a lf an inch here and there im p ro v e the dress, but it w ill give you g re a te r c o m fo rt. ’ V H zf. I E c o n o m y N o te —C o rn e d B e e f P in w h e e ls