Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1916 — USE FOR CRASH REMNANTS [ARTICLE]

USE FOR CRASH REMNANTS

Great Number of "Useful Articles May Be Made If One Has the Time to Spare. Often In her rambles in the shops the watchful needlewoman will be able to pick up small remnants of crash, just a little too long for towels or of too fine a quality. These she can make up. into numerous artistic and useful articles If she but takes the time. There is a new 1 kind of fudge apron which calls for a fine crash toweling. A straight piece of toweling about three-quarters of a yard long makes the front of the apron, reaching to the shoulders. To this are attached straps which pass over the shoulders, cross in black and fasten to the front piece just at the waistline at the sides. This is a little cooler apron than the kind which slips over the head, and has an entire back of the crash and requires less material, a yard being almost enough. A suitable cross-stitch design is worked at the bottom of the apron, and the entire edge Is blanketstitched with blue, even to the Joinings of the straps at the shoulder line. Snaps under covered buttons hold the straps at the sides. A mending bag of generous proportions can be made from a length of narrow crash. The top is slightly curved out to fit the waist and a belt of crash starts from one side and snaps at the other. The bottom Is turned up Into a deep pocket, which is embellished on the outside with a

design of scattered buttons, spools of thread, scissors, etc. The entire Mgs of the bag is blanket-stitched.