Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 7, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1941 — HOW TO SEW [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOW TO SEW

IT WAS a bride of ten years who * reminded me of blanket protectors. I say bride because her home still has the immaculate freshness of a bride’s house. Her wool blankets have never been washed or cleaned, yet their soft light colorings show no sign of soil. She brought out some long pieces of cotton material; “I baste these over the tops of the blankets,” she said ‘‘and change them every few weeks.” I thought of some dainty bed linens that I had seen all trimmed in flower sprigged cotton print. Why not make flowered blanket protectors to harmonize with blanket colorings? Here is one that would go with either rose or blue. It is easy to hide Pasting stitches that fasten it temporarily to, the blanket by slipping them along in the pink or blue binding as shown. One length of material as long as the width of the blanket will make a pair of these protectors.

You will also find some Other ideas for trimming pillow cases in SEWING Book 2. This booklet has been onq of the most popular in the series as it not only contains complete directions for many gift and bazaar novelties but shows how to make 42 different embroidery stitches and five ways to darn and repair fabrics. Send order to:

MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York Enclose 10 cents for Book 2. Name .......... lv. Address )

by Ruth Wyeth Spears