MORE HOME-SEWING IN AMERICA
About 34,000.000 women and girls in the United States sew many of their clothes at home.
This is more than three times the number of home-sewers before the war, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Free community sewing classes, contests, lectures, fashion shows, and secondary school and college sewing classes contribute to the spread of home-sewing.
Interest has increased as a result of new methods, such as more accurate measuring, cutting, and handling of cloth that have reduced the time it takes to make new garments. The use of these improved techniques also adds to the smart appearance of the clothes. Nearly 1,400,000 sewing machines are sold in a year.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26093, 21 April 1950, Page 4
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