Show H HOW OW t to SEW RU RUTH SPEARS SPEARS By ByRUTH WYETH H THREAD WIRES THROUGH I SPOOLS BET WIND FRONT WIRE AROUN AROUND f Jl 7 END OF LOOP LOO LOOP J LOOP tm J if Vi i BOARDS FOR SHELVES rr a ai BORE HOLES e NEAR CORNERS I FOR OR WIRES Vc 2 Hanging shelves made of or spools A letter received from a reader says I have found so many helpful help help- ful things in your Book 1 SEW l-SEW- SEW SEWING ING for the Home Decorator I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder if you have any ideas on fixing up spools I have in in mind the spool book shelves and corner shelves they used long ago Its It's probably the general revival of Victorian ideas in decoration that has started everyone thinking of spool shelves We seemed to remember that the shelves we had seen years ago in old parlors were put together with colored cords We tried this but the shelves were not rigid as the cords stretched So we used wire wire and the result has been a substantial set of shelves strong enough to hold reasonably heavy articles A little less than 12 feet of wire was used for the shelves shown here Two sizes of spools were used Shelves spools wires and all were finally painted to match the brightest to tone e in the tha room color scheme scheme scheme-in in our case it was peacock blue There are picture directions like these on every every every ev ev- ev- ev ery page of Book No 1 SEWING l-SEWING for the Home Decorator If your house is your hobby it will be full of or thrills for you Dont Don't go through the holidays with shabby curtains or slipcovers This book illustrates every step in making new ones Book 2 Novelties and Embroidery shows how to make dozens of Christmas s gifts gUts from odds and ends of material Books are 25 cents each If you order both books an interesting quilt leaflet included free iree Address Mrs Spears S. S Desplaines St. St Chicago HI Dl |