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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Sewing Machine Provides Fine Yule Gifts nuptually. These may be simple, plain cottons with contrasting tape to bind the edges or floral plastic cloths that are so easy to wipe clean. Speaking of the plastics, closet accessories are another of the many items that might be appropriate. appro-priate. You can make a set of three or more envelopes of the material for lingerie cases. A simple sim-ple t gift would be a quilted plastic handkerchief or hose container into which you've tucked a sachet just to make them more interesting. Decorative towels for the kitchen take no time at all to sew and make a charming gift. Choose the gay florals, or use plain materials piped with contrasting trimming.. With a little extra time to spend, you might even want to dress up these towels with appliques. Don't think for a minute that you have to buy expensive and fancy toys for the younger set. One of the nicest gifts I've ever seen was made into a bunny from a piece of old terry toweling. This had a small zipper down the back so it could be easily whipped off for a tubbing. Overalls covered the bunny bun-ny and were made from a small scrap of red-and-white checked gingham, with the bib outlined in blue bias tape. By Ertta Haley !7RE THERE GAPS on your Santa Claus list, in spite of your most energetic planning? Has the budget turned out to be slimmer than your gift needs? You can find a wonderful solution to many gift problems in your sewing machine and the scrap bag. If you're looking for an attractive belt for a teen-ager, an extra special spe-cial needle case or pin cushion for Aunt Martha or perhaps an unusual looking sachet for fashionable friend Mary, chances are that you can find some decorative material from the family fabric scrap bag. Or, perhaps you're like a lot of other women who consistently go through remnant sales and find there, are many pieces of material which look "interesting" enough to pick up, and these are stored in a drawer. All these may be of value to create an array of dollar-wise gifts. So many people value the distinctiveness dis-tinctiveness of a home-made gift that has thought and care sewed into it, that you need not be the least apprehensive about giving it. Study those to whom you're giving gifts, and see if you can't come up II 1 Make clever gifts for Xmas .... with some clever and attractive idea that will mean so much more to them than a more expensive gift to be bought in haste and regretted all the next year. Homemakers Appreciate Household Gifts Friends of yours, married and single, who keep house even on a small scale, are easily pleased with any number of items that can be whipped together in a jiffy. Their hobbies and homes give you the key to their interests. Enchanting tea (and coffee) cozies are a speedy job on the sewing sew-ing machine and make a suitable gift for any woman who gathers a few friends together every afternoon after-noon for chat and refreshments. Make the cozy in the shape of ;a cunning little cottage, using white cotton fabric for the frame of the house, green cotton for the roof. Doors and shutters can be appliqued with the sewing machine's zigzag-ger zigzag-ger attachment. A scrap of red cotton cot-ton makes the chimney that's perched on top of the house. Another smart and practical type of tea cozy is the quilted version of the flower-sprigged cotton that has lining and inner lining and cover cov-er stitched together in one opera tion with the quilter attachment. Homemakers who are used to a weekly and semi-weekly washing would appreciate a clothes pin apron. This can be made from a small scrap of sturdy cotton in a solid color, with the waist band and the pockets trimmed in a contrasting con-trasting floral print. No one who keeps house can ever have enough pot holders. A set of two or three of these is easily stitched from gay materials. Or, if you prefer, put together some quilted mittens that can be used for handling hot things about the kitchen. Floral sprigged prints are popular for the mitts, and the cuffs can be piped with a solid-colored matching material. Make Practical Gifts For the New Brides New homemakers are readily pleased when they think of things for their new homes. Since they're bound to be entertaining a lot, frilly hostess aprons are certain to ' leisure time at home. give them a glow of pleasure. If you want to make the gift more elaborate, make the half aprons match with a bridge and napkin set. Place mats and breakfast cloths are another of the great needs which brides usually have unless they were heavily "showered" pre- |