Show HOW howa to SEW RUTH SPEARS by WYETH i I 1 STEP a A BY backstitched BACK STITCHED DRAWING AROUND Q HEM A COIN STEP 3 A LETTER comes telling the astory IA story of mats a clever girl designed for her dressing table the problem was to make them to fit spaces of unusual size her ro room om color scheme was blue and ancl white and a design of white embroidered broi brol dered 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 six strand mercerized zed embroidery cotton she wanted the arrangement ran gement of the snow crystals to be helter just as they would fau fall so she took a handful of coins and tossed them onto the linen there was a 50 cent piece a quarter some dimes nickels and pennies after several tosses she drew around each coin where it fell still using three strands of the white cotton she took four stitches across the marked circle and then brought the needle out in the center as shown here in step 2 ready to take a tiny stitch to bind the long stitches together the crystals were embroidered over the long stitches the larger ones being more elaborate than the smaller as illustrated here the stitch used is shown in step 3 ninety other embroidery stitches are pictured in my sewing book no 2 also dozens of things you can make in your spare time to use or to sell order your copy today and be among the thousands of women who are finding this book useful enclose 25 cents and ask for book 2 address mrs spears S desplaines st chicago ill |