Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1912 — USEFUL LITTLE BUTTON BAGS [ARTICLE]

USEFUL LITTLE BUTTON BAGS

Boon for the Busy Housewife In That the Contents Are Always on Hand. If buttons are kept in little bags they are always at hand, and ft, too, a tiny needlecase and silk winders filled with black and white cotton were kept with them, what a boon it would be! These little bags are quite simple and may be made In a few minutes of holland linen or silk. The material is cut four inches wide and nine inches long. This strip is folded in two, the edges turned in and neatly seamed tc within rather more than an inch of the top. The ends are then turned down and neatly hemmed, the hem being just over half an inch wide, the ends of the hem seamed together. Just below the hem, on each side, work an eyelet hole; put the bags together, and attach by seaming the ends of the inner hem of each together; thread baby ribbon of one color through the eyelet from one bag to the other; then thread anoftgr colpr ribbon through in the opposite direction and tie—the ribbon should be about 16 inches in length, to tie into pretty bows; put linen buttons on one side and pearl or fancy, buttons on the other, draw the ribbons to close the bag and you wijl see at once what a pretty" useful little addition you have for the work t&Me.-These bags would find ready sale at bazaars.