Show daisy hot dish mat an appropriate gift by RUTO RUTH SPEARS SPEAKS IT TT WAS the flower handle of the tha 1 teapot tea pot lid that suggested this daisy mat I 1 had been thinking of making a hot dish out of firmly braided strips of cotton cloth I 1 wanted it to be thick and sewn firmly like a rag rug so that it would stand frequent scrub scrubbing bings the design had to be novel and gay so that it would be appropriate for a christmas gift or would TIGHTLY 0 MAKE SEW WHITE STRIP 50 STRIP LONG IN loops to ID MA 10 PETALS THEN SEW 0 CENTER E STRIP 10 LONG TO MAKE CENTER L C attract attention if used to sell at a church bazaar all the directions you need to make one aro are right here in the sketch cotton flannel or heavy cotton knitted material are good to use for the braided strips cut the strips two inches wide if the goods is heavy or wider it if light weight braid tightly and then use no 8 white cotton thread to sew as shown A set of these mats are pretty on the table and mats for oval dishes may be made by sewing two daisies together |