Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 10, Number 48, DeMotte, Jasper County, 17 October 1940 — HOW TO SEW [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOW TO SEW

by Ruth Wyeth Spears

/ YNE day there came a letter with a rough sketch of the old rocker at the upper right. The last line of the letter said, “1 will remove the rockers if you say so Mrs. Spears, but I would like to keep them.” Well, Why not? There is nothing smarter now- than things Victorian. Old oil lamps with flowered globes sre being wired for electricity so, why not redesign this rocker along simple lines? Cover it with plam rep in a nice shade of blue perhaps, and give it a matching foot stool and a hem stitched linen chair set all tricked out in tassels? Here is the result of that idea and the diagram shows all the

steps that led up to it. Almost any old chair may be transformed with a slip cover if a little work is done first to build out or to saw off projections. • • • NOTE: Directions for maktng the footstool are in Sewing Book 3 The hemstitched chair set is in Book 4 All the steps in fittinß and making slip covers are illustrated in Book 1 Booklets are 32 cages each, and will he sent to any address upon receipt of 10c to cover cost and mailing Send order to:

MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 B.dford Hills - New York Enclose 10 cents for each book ordered. Name Address