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Show A "Front Porch Campaign" With Needle and Crochet' Hook Is an Idea! W ay to Decide Christmas Gift Problem' v 1 Dainty Christmas Gifts May Be Made m Leisurely Summer Afternoons CLEVELAND Weir Next yeal . I'm going to have m gifts all laid away anil ready to tend 16-O-ng before Tiri?tinas I'm not golnc to rush like this again!" Who didn't say that lasi year, about well say the day after New rear's V And the year befot, and the year ie-for- thnt and hut why go further? Now aUmnier breezi's and Christmas gifts don't conflict In the least. In truth, they make a very pleasant combination com-bination An easy chair on a vine-screened vine-screened porch, or beneath a big tree on the lawn, and a work basket close by filled with odds and ends of laces and colorful ribbons, embroidery floss and a crochet hook everybody knows the sort of work basket augur well for honest-to-goodner s "best wishes'' to he worked into a collection of tasteful hand-made gifts. ADORABLE PUDGE PIto There are aprons for instance Satin roet(o for use on lingerie. Fudge apron of simple design showing front and hac k vlCWS. I aprons of everv mode and material, ' from the tiny White lea apron to the I all-envoloplng kitchen apron. But bore's a rrally bewitching idea for a I fudge aproii. In ' sl'alght pfecc. of j linen toweling may bo used a clr-I clr-I cular opening Is cut for the head, I leaving enouKh length to reach to the j waltllne in the back, and three-quar-i tcr length in front. A tralgM piaoi of tlio goods forms the belt, attached at the back and fastening with a Bhap or button In front. In the particular ! apron Illustrated a conventional design de-sign Is worked In gren floss at the j bottom and at the neck. The entire I apron and belt is outlined in a loose buttonhole stlteh In black. Blckrack braid or a narrow crocheted J?i' may be used instead of the buttonhole stitch. I I BOl l IK ( r Of the hundred and one possibilities possibili-ties for dainty boudoir caps, here is one which is made of narrow lengths 'of very fine, cream-colored net. I Joined together with equally fine Insertion. In-sertion. It Is shapd to fit the head snuly with a little fullness at the nape of the neck. Tiny rosebuds of j blue or orchid cover the net close to ! the face. From the center a satin I streamer, tipped with a larger rosebud, drops to the edge of the cap. S TI K s II , s Many pretty lingerie accessories can be fashioned from satlq ribbon of Varying widths. One of the daintiest I of these Is the roselfv This partlcu-I partlcu-I lar rosette. Illustrated, is about five Inches in diameter ami is intended to adorn the flounce of a silken petticoat. Miniature rosettes of the same pattern are Just as suitable on camisole, gown or sachet bag. With wide ribbon forming the rosette prop i . French knots of narrowest baby ribbon make the center, and wider, flowered baby ribbon forms a looped cascade beneath. be-neath. Hot 111 TI I II VND-B . Anyone espedislly skillful With the Y - n Frilly bondlqr cap of net and Incc. crocket hook may find the answer to ' one gift -problem In a crocheted hand-bag, hand-bag, especially at this season of great popularity for fancy bags. The bag . illustrated is made of ecrue thread, abbot No. 30. The foundation that Is. the lace attached to the silver frame Is made first belnK graduated down almost to a point The thread Is then broken and a circle made, Which is attached to ihe point. The I final process Is to work back and ; forth with any desirable set ol stitches, until a last row Is attached to the outer edge of the foundation. The bag is lined with silk of a contrasting con-trasting color, and a tassel of the ecru i thread complest the gift. TOW EX EDO s Towels, whether of guest or largo size, are "satisfying" gifts, from first to last Here arc two crocheted towel j edge s developed from the mlle-a-min-Utc pattern. Upon one mile-a-mlnut-foundation was made an acorn design, and upon the ether a bell design. An embroidered Initial may be worked near the end to give addd individuality to the gift. s, P .. I I II 1 Ecru crocheted band-bag. ' i ). ,..: v . r I..., I V - y Two towel edges, crocheted In acorn and bell design-.. |
