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Show I AROUND MteSl? Items of ln,eres, the HOUSE HHteS To make a worked buttonhole, mark exactly on threads of the goods. Machine stitch twice around the marking. Then cut on the marked line with sharp scissors. scis-sors. Work with buttonhole stitch from right to left. Make two stitches across the inside end of the buttonhole and work over them through the cloth to complete bar To make a brand new wooden shingle match an old one, coat it lightly with a mixture of lampblack lamp-black and kerosene. Wipe off the excess coating. Bathroom tile patching is a simple sim-ple job. Merely "butter" the back surface of the tile with mixtite or any other good adhesive, push the piece into place and remove excess ex-cess mortar. The paste should have an easily workable consistency. con-sistency. Insulating tape placed over the cracks between the baseboards and the floor means a substantial saving of fuel. A few drops of perfume on a small piece of blotting paper make a good substitute sachet bag. Put bobby pins on the hem of a pleated skirt and hang in the bathroom after running a few inches of very rfbt water in the tub. The steam removes wrinkles and keeps pleats in place. To remove fruit stains from table ta-ble linen stretch the part containing contain-ing the spot over a bowl and pour boiling water through it. Hold the kettle about 12 inches from the spot. Fasten a small box on the wall near your washing machine and another box near your ironing board. When buttons come off the laundry, you'll have a place for storing them. Accessories are the finishing touches to an outfit. Select them carefully. Color is the most important im-portant thing to consider. Here's an idea for those bath towels with rips that can't be mended neatly. Cut out pretty cretonne cre-tonne floral designs and applique them on the tear. Sew these flower bouquets over the towel at random. ran-dom. This will look so pretty, you'll want to do the same on other oth-er towels, ripped or not. |