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Show Empty Spool Shade Pulls f CAZcSE- ,"-"? SPOOL-PULL SPOOLS WITH V, BEADS 1 1 ASK. Mother to. give you all the empty spools she has and see what fun you car. have making gifts, such as colorful window-shade window-shade pulls for your home. For the shade "pulls, you will need a good-sized spool, some colored col-ored cord or string, crayons, and an odd button. Color the spool with crayon. You can make ij one color or make the center part one shade and the top and bottom another. Now, tie the button to one end of your cord, then run the other end through the spool and fasten this end through the small hole in the bottom of the shade. You might make another type for the kitchen with three small darning cotton spools. Cover these with scraps of brightly colored paper. Illustrations cut from "old magazine pictures and glued to the spools are good for covering them. Make a big knot in a piece of colored cord, or tie a wooden bead on one end of it, then thread a spool on it. to this for all three spools. Now braid the three cords together, put this through the hole in the bottom of the shade, and fasten the ends so the braid won't come undone. ' You can also use this idea in making pulls for overhead lights and if you use your imagination something of this type Could be used for Christmas tree ornaments. |