Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1919 — MAKE SCARF FROM OLD SHAWL [ARTICLE]

MAKE SCARF FROM OLD SHAWL

Despite Ravages of Moths, Grandmother's Pride May Be Made Into Useful and Attractive Garment. Possibly you are one of those people who got out grandmother’s old cashmere shawl which had been packed away in the trunk in the attic for years, writes a correspondent, with plans for a wonderful new evening coat, and were desolated to discover that it had been almost riddled by moths. And when you hung it out in the sun for days and got rid of all the pesky little animals and had reveled in its gorgeous coloring, and regretted the coat long and hard, you had wrapped it up in tar paper and put it back into the chest for another long period of oblivion. But here is good news for you. You can use the glorious thing after all. Nothing is more fetching or chic than one of these new scarfs that some fortunate people are using to liven up last year’s blue serge or, black velveteen suit, and they look as If they were designed for just those of us who have only small bits of our old shawls available. Possibly it wasn’t the moths that prevented you from using your shawl. Maybe grandma was a Hooverizer, although she didn’t know it, and wore hers till it almost dropped to pieces. Whatever it may have been, get it out and see how many narrow strips you can get from the good parts. Buy a piece of red cashmere, that same lovely red that the centers of these shawls were, cut the scarf from it of the desired shape, bind it round the edge with a band two or three inches wide made from the pieces of the shawl, and line it with red crepe de chine, georgette crepe or two harmonizing colors of chiffon, one over the other. It will be so lovely when yon get it finished that you will want to make another, and you might make one for mother, using black for the foundation instead of the red, lined with black shirred chiffon over red.