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Show FARM NOTES !BY GOLDEN L. STOKER Beaver County Agent "Slip Cover" Method For Making Wool Comforters Those who have wool batts made for comforters at sheep-shearing time, may soon want to make up comforters, Miss Ellen Agren of the Utah State Agricultural college col-lege extension service points out. The finished batts are usually about 84 by 90 inches in size and may be obtained in 2, iVi, or 3 pound batts. The weight of the batt needed for a comforter varies with the desired size and thickness of the quilt to be made. A wool batt may be stretched about 8 inches each direction to make a larger but thinner quilt. More than one batt may be used if a thicker comforter is desired. For the "slip cover" method of making a comforter, cover the wool with a light-weight material such as flour sacks or good quality cheesecloth, or lightweight muslin before putting on the outside covering. For medium size, about 10V4 yards of 36-inch material are needed for the inner covering and the same amount of soft, closely woven fabric free from dressing or Sizing, for the outer covering. Percale Per-cale or broadcloth is a good material ma-terial for this purpose. Cut the fabric for covering the wool batt into four- strips of equal length. Sew two strips together lengthwise. Press open the seams and fasten the bat covering, seam side up, into a quilting frame, or lay it out flat on any convenient surface large enough. Arrange the wool batts on the covering, leaving 1 inch or 1V inches of cloth on all sides for finishing. A second covering made from ,tne two remaining lengths of material is spread over the wool. Then quilt or tack all the layers with short basting stitches both lengthwise and crosswise. Space the rows about 3 inches apart to hold the wool in small pockets and keep it from bunching. Remove from the frame, trim off extra material on the edges leaving about one-half inch on all sides for seams. Turn in these edges and sew together. The filling is now ready for the outer covering. Some prefer to make the outer covering simply a slip, seamed on three sides and closed on the fourth side by snap fasteners after the quilted wool pad has been put in. Yarn knots are often used at intervals to hold pad and cover together. In the "slip cover" method, me-thod, the wool pad may be removed from the slip and the covering alone laundered. |