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Show . ' : l Try This Really New Idea in Making Christmas Gifts-Embroider Gifts-Embroider Glossy Black Oilcloth With Bright Yarn i . 1 I Bnslcci imx. einbrolderj hoop lifts;, "Blaliop's Bonnet" bag and bathroom -lippcr nil niadt of durable oil t lot h at minimum coal i CLEVKI.AM " . Dec 6 Hen I 'brand now. unusually effective and happily Inexpensive idea In the way of making Christinas gifts. Buy a yard of shiny black oilcloth, and two L0-yard bolts of one-half Inch black cotton binding brnld. Dig out of your scrap bag all the odds and ends of btight colored yarn left from hying 'comforts.1 silk, dresa. patches, land bits of creioniu . The silk and ; cretonne is to be used for lining, and ithe yarn for embroidering the oilcloth in nothing more complicated than the ! long and short buttonhole stitch tattgbl In ever) kindergarten GKXEKAl DIRf I I ln In chousing your oilcloth, which ordinarily or-dinarily cumes in 45-Inch width, the thinner and levy expensive is best for this purpose as it chips leas eagily when a needle la thruat through it In nnklnK "11 oilcloth articles cut your pattern first front paper Then : ut the oilcloth outside and the lining Next em hi "older the oilcloth as shown in the illustration and explained later. If a bag is in constriictiou ami an) little pockets or needlework are to be attached to the lining put them in-Then in-Then lay outside and lining togethel and haste the binding braid on evenly, being careful that a fiction more of the braid laps on the wrong or linins? --side This latter precaution will aa sure the braid's being caught when the whole is stitched 1 1 ihe right sld-I sld-I On the sewing machine. Next the parts jof the bag. or article being made, which Join are whipped together over and over hv hand. I UBROID1 R1 P. (. The round bag -86 Illustration ' for embroidery hoop and work I- i good thing to start with becaust it K exceedingly simple io make. The bai k and front arc two seven -Inch circles. A deiscrl plate was tfscfl as the orig.-nn orig.-nn pattern. 'I he Interlinking Clrplei Which form lb.- conventional tlowei ib'siKii all- the size n a silver loll.ii The are "worked" hi all the varying colors and shades possible, seven at i in- ii i st . while the edg bom hack dhd front s finished in tt drop stitch of scvctal different colors. The set-In Strip Which form the bottom and sides of this bug Is l'i Inches wide ami goes threa-fourths round the circle, cir-cle, leaving one fourth open .it the top. The handle is otic inch wide and 1-tii. 1-tii. lies lng each . ml svwd to the center top of t he back and front of ih. bag. thus making a comfortahl) large loop for openings and carrying, It SKIT II (. Next is a "banket" i;,g. the dimensions dimen-sions of which are 9i Inc hes at the bottom "'Hi iii Ins ,it the lop. with a -Ms inch width and 10-Inch depth Th. handle is made 2 inches wide, and to give the proper proportion propor-tion to th.- bag should be long enough to make the entire depth of bag and ha ndle i . . The Interesting thing ahum these bags is the combination of bright black wool yarn against the shiny black material. in the basket bag only three large conventional flowers are used, circles r water si ivs lze. with a scattering of gre. n leaves about them Around the edges 01 Mils bag. ilr-o. .ui outlining drop stitch of gay colors Is run. BISHOP'S BOXXET" Then there s a more pretentious hag of the "Bishop's bonnet" design, to which the shimmer of oilcloth lends ilself beautifully. Tin three piCOCS of I oilcloth which majte the "bonnet" proper are each inches wide at the top. and 10 inches long. The three pieces which form tahe handles are I '.i'a lunhes long and l'i Inches wide. Th i:'l"'i part of the bag. which Is tnMe ..f soil silk, and draws togethsl with ribbon draw strings. Is iVs-ihch , heading. ( 1111 hid A S vl 1 l'1'l Its Most cunning of all nre the kiddies 1 mules. No youngster could resist the hire "f Bpme.thlng "shiny" nnd ' bright" al Onoe. Buy ordinary soles at a rive and ten-cent storyline them With SOme pretty silk out of th ragbag, rag-bag, and cut the tops front oilcloth. The proportions for these are determined deter-mined by the size Of the sole. The lop from the toe upward should i, two-thuds two-thuds the length of Ihe stile; the width of the top should be Iwice the width of the sole. Another gill that Can't very well! help being Appreciated is a gayly Stenciled oilcloth cover for a telephone book. A telephone screen decorated to match the book cover will make a perfect remerriUranee. w n i mi i t osi Some six or eight really artistic and useful gifts may be constructed from the above outlay at an exceedingly moderate cost P.lack oilcloth of the grade required costs from "5 cents to $1 a yard. Slipper soles arc 10 cents a pair. Binding braid Is about 30 cents a bolt Ten-yard skeins of yarn (quite . nough ol one color) can 1.0 purchased! : nt 10 cents each. If you have to buy .yarn select the brightest primary colors col-ors Seven or eight shndea WllJ give ample chance for all overlapping clr-; clr-; clcs to be of a different color. Work purple next to pink, pink followed by blue, by red. by yellow, etc. |