HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



The Northampton clubs at Bay State, 

 Pine Grove and West Fai-Tyis are to have 

 a picnic at the Loudville Upper Bridge 

 in Westhampton on August 1st. There 

 will be baseball, sports, swimming and 

 other activities to furnish a good time. 

 About 40 club members are expected to 

 attend. 



At Hatfield on July 16th Mr. Belcher 

 had a poultry meeting at which a culling 

 demonstration was given. 



EVA ALFIERI CLOTHING 



CHAMPION 



Picked From 276 Members 



Eva Alfieri of South Amherst who has 

 been sewing for three years and who has 

 canned for five years has been picked as 

 the clothing champion of this county. 

 There are many good sewers among the 

 girls but it seems as though Eva is de- 

 serving of a little honor. Miss Howlett 

 has been leader during her club work and 

 says she has been persistant and inter- 

 ested. We are printing her club story 

 below. 



Garment Club 



I have joined the club four years. This 

 is my fourth yeai- and I am taking third 

 year work. 



This year at our first meeting we third 

 year girls worked on patches. 



Shortly afterwai'ds I made over a dress. 

 The waist was checked black and white 

 gingham. I had to piece the waist. It 

 is made of four pieces. The skirt is blue 

 ratine. The pattern I used had the black 

 and white points come down into my blue 

 skirt. I put blue binding around the neck 

 and blue cuffs. 



When I had finished my made-over 

 dress I made a summer dress. The color 

 was light brown with white stripes going 

 up and down and blue stripes going the 

 other way. I made a skirt and waist put 

 together. The cuffs are sewed down to 

 the cloth with lace on the edge. The col- 

 lar was made the shape of the cuffs sewed 

 down with lace on the edge. A blue rib- 

 bon with a rosette on the side is the sash. 



Then I made our doll "Betsey Barba" 

 a dress. She is as big as a real baby. 

 The dress is made of nainsook. I put 

 nainsook binding around the neck and 

 down the back. I gathered the sleeves 

 and put the binding around the sleeves 

 too. I put lace on the edge of the sleeves. 

 I did not put it on the neck because it 

 would hurt the baby's neck. I put em- 

 broidery in front of the baby's dress. I 

 hemmed all my garments by hand. I 

 have made about ten patches. Only one 

 is good enough to exhibit. I have finished 

 my sample book or Textile Book. On 

 the cover of the book we all put a design 



of cloth. I have enjoyed the Baypath 

 Garment Club very much. 



Besides making six pieces of clothing 

 Eva has done all her own sewing and 

 mending and also the family mending. 



She was a great help to Miss Howlett 

 in teaching the younger girls the u.se of 

 the sewing machine. 



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H. D, SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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