Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1911 — Sewing Room Hints. [ARTICLE]

Sewing Room Hints.

In sewing a piece of material on the bias to a straight piece, the former is apt to become stretched. To avoid this the bias should be placed on top, and carefully held In with the thumb of the left hand to prevent its stretching. A convenience for the sewing room Is a wooden panel with rows of wlro nails driven Into It and spools of thread put on the nails. If It la hunjr near the sewing machine and rhe work basket the desired dumber of thread may be quickly found. A mend Ur a kid glove la less likely to tear out again If the edge of the tear la buttonholed before being drawn together. The buttonholed edges are oversewn. v