Show HOW to SEW RUTH SPEARS BY ca INC PAIRS INING IN 11 1 a 1 G 0 J THIS HIS mat is made of white eat cot aton 1 ton cable cord such as you buy at the notion counter for corded seams and trimmings the original mat from which this design was taken was made of no one of this generation would ever guess corset strings these were once a common commodity along with collar boning hat pins and side combs there was quite a fad for making luncheon sets seta of them braided or arranged in various rious designs and sewn with fine stitches on the wrong side the design shown here is compact P act and copied in rather heavy co cord rd makes an ideal hot dish mat follow the sketches for directions make the circles in pairs as shown using no 40 cotton thread to sew them braid three cords together and then sew the braided strip around and around to make the center of the mat sew a row of the circles to the edge of this center part then a add dd another braided row being careful to 44 ease in the inside edge just enough to keep the mat flat continue adding alternate rows of circles and braiding until the mat is the size desired to join the ends of the braided rows pull one end through the braiding to the wrong side ol of the mat then trim the ends and sew them flat it is not too early to begin thinking think ing of christmas gifts and you will be wanting to make something a bit unusual tor for that next bazaar when it comes rolling around sewing book 2 embroidery gifts and novelties is full of new ideas all clearly illustrated with step by step pictures picture S send for it today and give life a new interest by starting some fascinating piece of hand work enclose 25 cents and address mrs spears S desplaines st chicago III |