Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1915 — Needlework [ARTICLE]

Needlework

Plain serviceable material will make good sofa pillow covers with very little expenditure of labor or money. If you are bothered by your sewing needles becoming rusty you will find very probably that your needle book and not the needles is the cause. It is a mistake to use flannel leaves, as the sulphur in the flannel rusts the steel. Therefore, make needle book leaves of linen or chamois skin and the needles will stay bright