Show Make l Quilted Pads For Dresser Drawer By RUTH WYETH SPEARS HERE seems to be no corner THERE in the house where the decorators decorators' decorators decorators' decora decora- tors' tors art is not applied Closets used to be drab and dreary places but b t now they are arc bedecked in scalloped shelf edgings gay gny garment garment garment gar gar- ment bags and md bright hat boxes Dresser drawers are also perking up Time was when a clean newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper was put in the bottom of a drawer every so often and the date of the one removed proclaimed pro pro- claimed how hovi long it had been si since this housewifely task had hadr r MUSLIN COTTON SHEET woo NG t r t BIAS b. b been Ien en performed Now we make p pads ds to fit the drawers We scent them with our favorite sachet and find infinite joy in their soft color color- ings Machine quilting is just tho the thing to give the pads the stiffness arid d body they require to lay flat Glazed chintz in a plain soft blue blueT T With darker blue bindings is s used for Or the pads made to fit the chest of drawers shown here Thin muslin muslin muslin mus mus- lin is used for the backing and sheet wadding for the padding When Chen n all aU three layers of material l have ve been cut the right size baste them together The first row of hasting ing is run diagonally across Ine t center and then the rows are spaced about six inches apart as shown Here also is a a. sketch of a machine machine- Uter in operation It Itis Itis Itis is merely mere a foot with an indicator attached The end of the indicator runs along each previous row stitched making an accurate g gauge for the spacing of the quilt quilt- ing mg After the pads are quilted bind the edges as shown NOTE pOTE Mrs Spears' Spears Book 2 2 Gl Guts Gifts ts Novelties and Embroidery has fins helped thousands of women to use odds and ends of materials and their spare time to make things to sell seIl and to use Book 1 1 SEWING for the Home Decora- Decora r Is full of inspiration for every li h These books make delightful ul gifts gills Mrs Spears will autograph them on request patch Crazy quilt leaflet is include included e ed et free with every order for both b ks Books are 25 cents each Address Mrs Spears S. S Desplaines Des- Des plaines St St. Chicago Ill |