Manufacturing - Sewing - Textiles - Weaving

Jun. 06, 1954 - Schoolgirl wins National sewing contest, Winner looks on; A rehearsal was held today for the Sewing Contest Fashion Show to be held later at the May Fair Hotel. First Prize winner of the National Sewing Contest organized by the National Needle Arts Bureau Ltd. was 14 years old Edinburgh Schoolgirl Dorothy Weir who wins a holiday and50 for the best beach wear outfit made by an amateur home dressmaker. Photo Shows Prizewinner Dorothy Weir seen at the end of the line as she with others watches model Madeline Hobbs displaying the winning model beach outfit a checked brown and white poplin skirt over a white sun top and shorts at the rehearsal this afternoon

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Amateur Bureau Checked Displaying Dressmaker Hobbs Madeline Needle Organized Poplin Prizewinner Schoolgirl Weir

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