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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Making Your Christmas Gifts Is Fun and Aid to Budqet Gift Idea for Tots By Ertta Haley MAKE IT YOURSELF, and it will certainly be a hit! Gifts made by hand or on your own sewing sew-ing machine are a real pleasure to put together, and they are bound to be well received. By using good fabrics and clever patterns, you can make gift combinations com-binations interesting as well as handsome, and at the same time inject in-ject some of your own personality into them. Friends appreciate the thoughtfulness which these gifts contain, and the care and painstaking painstak-ing work which you've put into them. Then, too, if it looks like the Christmas budget would easily go into the red if you purchased ready-made ready-made gifts for everyone, see how i h v a- t J ' ' Vfi - 4 three layers of padding inserted through top opening and hand stitch in place. The rack, for the holders should be 10 inches long and one inch wide. Part of an old shade stick can be used for this. Cover with same material ma-terial as for holders making a slip cover style for the stick. Three cup hooks provide anchorage for the pot holders; two more placed along the top are used for hanging on all hooks. Personal Items Cherished Throughout Whole Tear For gifts which will remind the giver of the donor throughout the whole year, give something nicely personal. For example, any woman will adore colorful hangers in her closet and a set of three or four makes a splendid gift. Use old wire hangers of which you probably have an extra dozen or more. If you like, buy patterns to guide you, or make your own, using the hanger as a guide for the cover. Covers for hangers may be made in luxurious fabrics, possibly remnants rem-nants or scraps. Rayon taffeta or faille or even satin are all excellent. To make them even more feminine you might plan to use transfer patterns pat-terns on the material and embroider some flower designs on the covers. Tie the top with a satin bow that matches the cover. Lingerie bags may be made singly sing-ly or in sets of two or three. An extra touch of luxury is provided if you quilt the material, or purchase pur-chase already quilted fabric. Choose pastel shades for single cases like handkerchiefs, gloves or hose might need. For slips and gowns you might try making a set of three in contrasting colors. Washable lingerie cases made of cottons, then bound with sturdy bias tape might be used for teenagers. teen-agers. Mother will appreciate the gift as much as the girls in helping to keep their drawers neat. Snappy plaid or strong solid colors out of the remnant bag could be utilized to make umbrella covers. These have the slender cover over the length of the umbrella and ruffle or flounce out at the top. They make excellent additions to costumes cos-tumes because of the spice of color. Make Toys, Accessories i For Youngsters Numerous toys and accessories for young fry can be turned out on your sewing machine, with the aid of a few patterns or help from- the local sewing center if you need it. Cuddlesome animals as well as pliable dolls that are nice to carry about will be a delight to both mother and child. Scraps can be utilized for the stuffing, while remnants from dress goods can be used to clothe both dolls and animals. If desired, these can be slipcovered with plain muslin mus-lin that comes off when laundering is essential. Pinafores for the girls, overalls and shirts for little boys are also easy to turn out at short- notice if your gift list contains a lot of nieces and ' nephews. Kimonos, dresses and panties with plastic linings are on the list for any of those infants who are a year old or younger. much fun it is to make things from scraps culled from sewing projects of the past year. An apron for Aunt Emma will call for little fabric, and you probably have that much left from material used for a summer dress. A stuffed animal or doll will delight your favorite fa-vorite niece or nephew, and the makings for these can usually be discovered among your remnants. Old lingerie which has good material ma-terial in it can usually be turned into a set of attractive handkerchief bags, while pot holders come from small pieces of colorful material in the scrap bag. You might possibly have to invest in some lace trimmings for aprons or lingerie cases, or binding for pot holders and such, but the few pennies pen-nies spent here are little enough Delight a child's heart with these big and little sister dolls. You'll find it's no chore at all to turn out these dolls from scraps of material and yarn with the aid of the sewing machine. ma-chine. If you need a little brush-up brush-up work on your sewing technique, tech-nique, visit the local sewing center. contrasting bindings and a ruffled flounce at the bottom of the apron. No woman ever has enough pot lifters to keep ahead of wear and laundry so these little items make useful and welcome gifts. Try using the color scheme of someone's kitchen when making them to add that important personal touch. Pot holders may be square or round, and they may also be made in novelty shapes like flower' pots, tea potsand such. Maybe you have some of your own which have been admired, so you might try' duplicating duplicat-ing these. Pot Holder, Rack Combination is Simple Cup-shaped pot holders with a rack require little effort and offer an attractive gift for little expense since you probably have most of the material at hand. For the pot holders, make a paper outline first, using a large-sized kitchen cup as a guide. Each pot holder requires two identical pieces of fabric, one to serve as back, and the other as front. For cup handles cut a bias strip fabric four inches long and one and one-half inches wide. Fold with wrong facing out. Stitch lengthwise raw edges together. to-gether. Turn right side out and cut into three equal parts. Now place front and back cup sections sec-tions together with wrong sides Gather scraps, remnants . . . compared to the total cost of any of the articles ready made. Those who like to crochet will find many dozens of small items that can be turned out quickly to fill gaps in the list. It doesn't take long to make some nice wash cloths, pot holders or lace edgings. Turn Scraps of Material Into These Clever Items Dressy little hostess aprons offer you all manner of opportunity to try clever finishing touches and take a minimum of fabric in the making. You'll find that even as little as y yard of fabric will give you inspiration around which to build a feminine-looking party apron. When you're short of material, ma-terial, ribbon streamers can be used for the apron ties, and if the ruffle isn't wide enough you can always add extra width and length to the apron by attaching eyelet or other edging to the apron. A yard or more of material will give you lovely bib aprons which so many women like to use in the kitchen when they're getting together togeth-er lunch or dinner, or washing dishes. For Christmas, these can take on a bit of glamour with nice ill r i jor attractive gifts. facing out. Insert handle, forming bias strip in shape of a loop and baste in place in side seam section at upper right. Then stitch side and bottom seams. Turn right side out and fill with |
