Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1956)

Pat's currently in "The Hills of San Carlo" .leanne is in "The Fastest Gun Alive" 'le is in "The Rack" line Francis models a crisp hta-like silk for summer evenings, t all that rustling doesn’t mean dollars. line made the dress herself, ichine-stitching joins velvet bands to j; taffeta. As a finishing touch, she \ded velvet fringe to the stole, lesto — another do-it-yourself dream! [ S Jeanne Crain. No wonder little Jeanine’s wearing that broad smile. She’s going to a party and if she isn’t the belle of the ball we’ll eat those flowers Mom embroidered. You’d never guess they’re machine-stitched, would you? Some little boy’s going to be mighty dazzled by this Crain creation! Pat Crowley is the hostess with the mostess in this crisp organdy cocktail apron. Insets of white are machine-stitched in gray. “Easy as playing a record,” says Pat, who’s become a designing woman since she bought her new sewing machine. The gay ffoivers grew out of Pat’s vivid imagination! The local ladies of Hollywood are on a do-it-yourself kick. The guys were in stitches until they saw what the gals were producing — some of the dreamiest clothes items in town. With the aid of a sewing machine that turns out fancy stitches with a custom-made look, glamour gals are dazzling their guys with home-made stoles, dresses, cocktail aprons and such. Even the young set’s wearing something out of mama’s do-it-yourself kit. So when you hear that hum along movie-town streets — -it’s the Hollywood Sewing Bee buzzing! 'The clothes items mentioned on these pages were made on the Elna sewing machine from the Necchi'Elna Sewing Machine Co. 65