Show SEW by byRuth Ruth Wyeth Spears D J BOARD S 3 PIN BASTE 2 p 2 AND STITCH Ir o ZIPPER IN OPENING 0 11 SID I 1 t Q 1 8 I 1 I IC s f C i 1 2 r I r ti III I TURN y III t CUT J I tt t BASTE 4 i 1 4 dr 81 t 1 AN AND D 1 1 II 4 I II PRo PRESS ESS 1 1 1 EDGES OF f t I OPENING OPEN OUTSIDE Garment bags made from odds and ends I FEAR DEAR EAR MRS SPEARS I thought you might be ne interested interested interested inter inter- ested in how I made garment bags for each member of my family almost most entirely from things I had hadon hadon hadon on hand The foundation part of each was made of inch inch board a screw-eye screw a hook from a hanger hang hang- er and five small screw hoo hooks s underneath For the bag I combined combined combined com com- muslin flour sacks with odds and ends of figured cottons and trimmed the with bias tape I followed your directions in SEWING Book 2 for initials of bias tape to mark the bags At the upper left is is' sketched the foundation that this reader used If a zipper is used for the opening the inch 36 length is best If you put putt it in a curved line you will have a wider opening Ea Each h step in applying the zipper in this w way y is shown here NOTE The Sewing Basket in every thrifty household should contain a copy of Mrs Spears' Spears Sewing Book 2 in which she il il- il the five standard methods methods methods meth meth- of repairing ing all kinds of fab fab- two Thirty-two pages to delight every lover of fine handwork To get your copy send 10 cents in cointo cointo coin to Mrs Spears Drawer 10 Bedford Bedford Bed Bed- ford Hills New York to cover cost |