Show HOW t to SEW RUTH SPEARS V STEP 2 MARK I-MARK BY x STITCHED HACK DRAWING HEM AROUND J A COIN Y STEP 3 A A LETTER comes telling the story of mats a clever girl designed for her dressing table The problem was to make them to tofit tofit tofit fit spaces of unusual size Her room color scheme was blue and white and a design of white embroidered embroidered em em- broidered snow crystals on cool blue linen was what she wanted Here is the way she achieved a charming result The linen was cut the desired size and narrow hems creased with a warm iron The hems were then backstitched in white from the right side with three strands of strand six-strand mercerized embroidery ery cotton She wanted the arI arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar of the snow crystals to tobe tobe tobe I be helter just helter just as they would fall so she took a handful handful handful hand hand- ful of coins and tossed them onto the linen There was a cent 50 piece a quarter some dimes nickels and pennies After several several several sev sev- eral tosses she drew around each coin where it fell Still using three strands of the white cotton she took four lour stitches across the marked circle and then brought the needle out in the center center center cen cen- ter as shown here in step 2 ready to take a tiny stitch to bind the thelong thelong thelong long stitches together The crystals crystals crystals crys crys- were embroidered over the thelong thelong thelong long stitches the larger ones being being be be- ing more elaborate than the smaller small small- er as illustrated here The stitch used is shown in step 3 Ninety other embroidery stitches are pictured pictured pictured pic pic- in my Sewing Book No 2 Also dozens of things you can make in your spare time to use or orto orto orto to sell Order your copy today and be among the thousands of 01 women who are finding this book useful Enclose 25 cents and ask for Book 2 Address Mrs Spears S. S Desplaines St. St Chicago Ill Just Modesty A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence eloquence elo quence but sets of off every great talent which a man can be pos poss possessed possessed of Addison |