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Show HOWJqSEW 4 Ruth Wyeth Spears oJ? AROUND A jSD DIME xk BttlE GINGHAM u 2:tfF7 )) OVERCARD-INHP OVERCARD-INHP BOARD YELLOVT ' BEFORE 3 FRAMING blllOri I 2J2J Embroidery by Mary Ann, age nine. ARY ANN was named for her grandmother, who at the age of nine, made an elaborate sampler sam-pler of embroidery stitches. Everyone Ev-eryone thought it would be nice if the modern Mary Ann could also do a bit of hand work to be framed and kept. We here report, thanks to a series of rainy afternoons, this was actually accomplished. Mary Ann's mother started the project with a rather large piece of blue gingham; a pair of embroidery em-broidery hoops and some odds and ends of bright six strand mercerized mercer-ized embroidery thread. Outlines for flower designs were made by drawing around coins and the flowers flow-ers were embroidered as shown here. Stems were done in outline stitch and leaves in groups of straight stitches. From the many attempts on that piece of gingham, two flower groups had almost as much life and charm as the modern Mary Ann, age nine. These were neatly framed and lend a gay note at each side of an old mirror. NOTE: Book 1, Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery, gives full in- structions for ninety embroidery stitches with many sketches showing show-ing ways to use them. You and your children may have happy hours with this fascinating hand work. Book 1, SEWING, for the Home Decorator, contains 48 complete com-plete lessons for making slipcovers, slipcov-ers, draperies, bedspreads and many other things for the house. Books are 25 cents each. If you order both books, crazypatch leaflet, leaf-let, reviving interest in this old-time old-time hand craft, is included FREE. Address, Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. |