Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1911 — Use for Old Sleeves. [ARTICLE]

Use for Old Sleeves.

In ripping up old waists and coats that have the old-fashioned big sleeves take and cut off the arm at the elbow or below, which might be required; now place the seams together and sew up to within a few inches of the top. The part that used to form the under arm portion, as it went into the arm hole, forms the front part; leave a 3%-inch place and then the sleeves form a point where the two upper sleeves were formerly gathered. Cut this point off the else Of the little boy’s waist. Lay the exact seams together now and cut them the middle of each former sleeve. For the side openings and face or bind; put a pocket each side and face the tops. Make six you have as many pairs ci pants as you have old sleeves, nice for play and good enough for school, If the cloth is fine. The curve In the under arm brings the front and the oval of the gathered part brings the fulness for the seat just right