Show Get iB Blankets 1 ank e Ready for 0 Winter You may have put your blankets away away clean and fresh in th the spring but they should be well aired when you take the mout moot of moth trunks or cedar chests chest Then you should take a 0 day off to put them in good condition If blankets are worn the wear generally appears first at the edges This should give you a good hint lor tor new blankets if H you want to make them last as long iong longas as gas possible reinforce the blankets at atthe atthe attle the tle edges Some people face the upper edge of new blankets with strips of ot fine muslin in order to keep them from boiling bolling l Moreover ver if you ou use the same set of blankets in a guest room where you ou provide a fresh blanket for every guest it is nice to have fresh strips of muslin to put on The muslin does more than keep the blankets clean It saves wear Just where wear comes first I Now for blankets that have already ady I worn Sometimes you can cut can cut them so so that one large blanket can be made from froIn two old ones This means a seam down the middle but this does not prove a source of difficulty The seam searn should be made in the form of ot a flat fell done tty by y hand and well pressed If It the blanket is simply worn at the top this can be c cut t off and the blanket can be used for a smaller bed It is a good idea in the family where there are children not to buy new crib blankets but but to make use of revamped large blankets for this purpose When you buy new blankets you will find that they generally come in pars pairs the two Joined together Most housewIves housewives housewives house house- wives prefer to divide these double blankets ets because there are times when only one part will be needed In doing this cut them evenly and carefully and bind with silk binding that Is sold expressly for this purpose Look well to the to-the the colors of he blankets blankets blankets blan blan- you buy Red stripes are pretty prett but they sometimes run And blankets blankets blan blan- that tha t will not go through th the wash are poor investments Never go to any but a reliable store st re for blankets If I you ou find a salesman who makes extravagant extravagant ex ex- ex- ex claims for the blankets declaring declaring de de- claring daring them all wool when the price asked does not warrant such a statement statement statement state state- I ment be careful A good blanket lasts i many many years ears It to pay payI a good price and get a blanket that you ou will be glad to k keep p for years I Copyright 1921 by the McClure l Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate |