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Show RuthWyethlpears cJ? I 3 BLACK AND 2 I PEACOCK BLUE BORDER RUST RED,l4 sfefc sfl THE FIRST ROW OF IPT" te.n--.-r.-. ii im'ttrtV'-rfiiihrrM -i , j Grandmother Surprised Everyone. VES, a certain grandmother sur- prised everybody even herself. her-self. She had always enjoyed making hit and miss rag rugs in cheery colors. Then one day her favorite grandson brought home the girl he was going to marry. She was a bright young thing, and chattered away about color schemes for her new home. The living room and hall were to be peacock blue and rust with touches of black. "Well, peacock is just a greenish blue," thought Grandmotfier, "and rust is a brownish red." So she got out her dye pot and her best wool rags, and she mixed and she dipped and dipped again. Then, instead of sewing her braided rags into one big oval, she made five ovals of the size shown here 3 black and 2 blue. She sewed these together, then around them came 4 rows of rust; 2 rows of black next; then 4 of rust; 1 of black; 4 blue; 2 black; then 8 rows of blue around the outside. When the wedding day arrived this gift was a great surprise; even Grandmother was amazed at how handsome it looked at the foot of the stairs in the new house. Women everywhere are using their leisure to make their homes more attractive, with slipcovers; curtains; bedspreads and lampshades. lamp-shades. They are again taking up embroidery and handwork so that they may beautify their homes and there is a revival of interest in old time hand crafts. Mrs. Spears' Book 1, SEWING for the Home Decorator, and No. 2, Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery, Embroid-ery, clearly chart the way for you. If the old craft of rag rug making is your new hobby, you may have free Mrs. Spears' leaflet on rag rugs with your order for both, books at 25 cents each. Address, Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. |