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Show HOW-.-T9. SEW lr Ruth Wyelh Spears 'Cxi In wXf:fyH?MtiM: A Dressing Table Skirt With Corded Shirrings '"plIIS dressing table has a curved front and hinged arms on which to mount the skirt so that it can be opened to permit access to the drawer. To mount the skirt it must first be sewed to a band of covered buckram. Cut the buckram in a strip 2V4 inches wide. Cover it with a straight piece of material as shown here at B. Make the heading at the top of the skirt just the depth of the thickness of the table edge so that it will cover the edge of the table when the arms are closed. Use Vi-inch Vi-inch cable cord for the shirring. This is sewed to a safety pin and run through tucks stitched in the material as shown here at C. The top of the ruffle is also shirred with cords. When the shirrings shir-rings are all finished, sew the top of the skirt to the covered buckram buck-ram strip as shown at D and then thumb tack it in place as at A. Every Homemaker should have a copy of Mrs. Spears' new book, SEWING. Forty-eight pages of Etep-by-step directions for making slipcovers and dressing tables; restoring and upholstering chairs, couches; making curtains for ev- ery type of room and purpose. Making lampshades, rugs, ottomans otto-mans and other useful articles for the home. Readers wishing a copy should send name and address, enclosing 25 cents, to Mrs. Spears, 210 South Desplaines St., Chicago, Illinois. |