Show SEW Jr- Jr 4 Ruth Wyeth Spears c I V Thumbtack Your Tour Draperies to a Board I To F GIVE draperies the th smartly tailored effect obtained by the I professional decorator a valance board must b be used A straIght one by two Inch board will be I needed A small finishing nail inthe in inthe inthe the top of the window casing caning near Dear I each end and screw eyes placed pieced near the top of the tha back of the I valance board hoard will hold it In place as shown at A Both aide side drapes and valance may be thumb tacked to the board and then be b quickly hung all at once by hooking booking the screw eyes over the th finishing nails Think of the advantage on cleanIng dayl day Just lift board and andall andall andall all off of the th nails and take outside for dusting Tack the side aide drapes to the board first as at B D arranging full lull fullness fullness ness in flat pleats In malting making th the allow enough material to told fold around the ends of the board as at C then tack It along the top stretching it just enough so that it is perfectly smooth The valance shown hera here is made of glazed chintz and matches the th glazed chintz border that faces the tho edges of the tir side cido dra cs The Th I glass curtains may be hung Just inside the tha window frame or to the th bottom of the valance board I Every Homemaker sho shoud hould d have havea hava a copy of Mm Mrs Spears new book SeWING eight Forty pages of step by directions for making slipcovers and dressing tables restoring and upholstering chairs chair i couches making ev every ev- ev every ery cry type of room and purpose Making lampshades rugs otto otto- ottomans ottomans ottomans mans and other useful for tor forthe forthe the home Readers wishing a cO coPy Y should send name and address enclosing 25 cents to Mrs Spears South Desplaines St ChIcago Illinois |