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Show HOW-TQ SEW 4 Ruth Wyeth Spears qJ ',1. PATTERN TO (J ST,?rr" RN 1, fAD BOARD STITCI-tS f U s "CHINTZ -j 7sv) 'V Vr v strip j -J S-SEW TO RINSSj 'TEAR MRS. SPEARS: I have a pair of lamps for my dressing table, and I would like to use some of my curtain material to cover plain shades. Can you tell me how this is done? C. H." Here is a method that is shown for a living room lamp in Book 1. It may be used for a shade ol any size. You will need the top and bottom rings from an old lamp shade. A cardboard foundation founda-tion is cut to fit these, and the chintz or other fabric is pasted tc the edge of this. The AB line in the pattern diagram dia-gram is as long as the diameter of the bottom ring. The dotted vertical line is approximately as long as the depth of the shade. The CD line is as long as the diameter of the top ring. Draw the diagonal lines to touch the ends of the AB and CD lines. Place a tack where they meet at E. Place a pencil through a loop in a string, as shown, and draw the bottom line of the shade mak- ing it as long as the measurement around the bottom ring plus a half inch. Shorten the string and draw the top to fit the top ring allowing for a half inch lap. NOTE: Book 1 SEWING, for the Home Decorator, and No. 2, Gifts, Novelties and Embroideries, Embroider-ies, are now 15 cents each, or both books for 25 cents. Readers who have not secured their copies of these two books should send in their orders at once, as no more copies will be available, when the present stock is sold. Your choice of the QUILT LEAFLET showing 36 authentic patchwork stitches; or the RAGRUG LEAFLET, will be included with orders for both books for the present, but the ofTer may be withdrawn at any time. Leaflets are 6 cents each when ordered or-dered without the books. Everyone should have copies of these two books containing 96 How ' to Sew articles by Mrs. Spears. I Send your order at once to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chi- 1 cago, 111. i |