Show 0 s Q fio 9 by bu BI lydia ludia le baron walker water UR can be pieced and sewed by any roman FUK woman who finds her collar scarf coat etc in need of repairing provided she follows the directions given today she will be able to do an ex cellena bit of work which cannot be detected if she works carefully mend ing fur saves expense and while it appears difficult it becomes easy with practice and Is not really hard at any time it is impera five to work from the skin or under side of the fur since it Is the sa s1 slin in which must be cut not the fur which will readily sepa rate once the skin Is severed also the sewing must mu st be dane on the skin on the side without the fur so that the hairs are not caught down but allowed to lie as they the should when the fur Is merely ripped or needs sewing with out patching hold the two edges of the wrong side of 5 the skins to together ether force the hairs down to the front by pushing them down between edges with the needle with a fine furriers nee needle le threaded in 40 cotton or 0 linen in black or white overcast edges together avoid deep stitches they must be taken just as close to the edges as possible with out tearing use a medium tension not too tight and surely not too loose the sun skin is flattened out after sewing and must lie smooth therefore a tri of play should be permitted this is by way of caution for those who may pull the thread too hard stitches may be close and single or not so close and the sewing be done both botti ways this makes a cross stitch with the needle put in the same stitch holes in the second journey across the seam as they were the first time A seam taken in single or double will not be d seer nible on the right or fur s de matching fur when the fur needs patching either use fur from the article itself or from a skin exactly matching it Is poss ble in a co coit it to take the collar fur lining and replace it with satin in the same color as the fur and use this fur for patching this is a common method A perfect match is then assured and the cost ol 01 the satin Is the only out lay make a paper pattern of the exact size and shape of the patch needed lay this on the skin of the fur and trace around it with a pencil or cray on with a sharp knife inife cut through the skin following the outline marked fit this patch into the hole and seam edges as described the patch will be invisible on the fur side provided the nap of the fur patch matches that of the article around the patch this mat ter of having the fur lie ile the same way Is of imperative necessity also the color of the fur must coincide with that of the piece removed fuels fur ls often streaked or spotted and the patch must correspond with the nature of the skins themselves fur needles are triangular about the point this mabes makes them cut the fur without pulling it as ordinary needles needles will woven textiles should not be cut by the sewing needle I 1 ur should be in order to get at the under side ot of the fur linings must be ripped just enough to permit of the sewing and patching 0 bell syndicate service |