Show save ave i time ime with mock smocking by ruth rath lyeth spears fir 17 SMOCKING seems t to 0 be time 1 consuming here ise is a short cut twit that saves hours the first step is to shirr shir ithe the material by machine loosen the tension slightly and stitch st itch in straight rows then pull up the bobbin thread to gather the material A you will note inthe in the sketch that some of the simple hand stitches are midi made over two rows of gathers and the others over a single row much of the beauty of mock smocking depends upon the spacing of th the erows rows the double rows of gathers in the sketch h no 2 and 4 are 34 inch apart the space between the these seand and the single rows should beabout inch another important point Is the choice of colors and an interesting variety of stitches in the arrangement ran gement shown here rows 1 3 and 0 5 are made in ahe the darkest color by backstitching back stitching oyer over the gathers as in row 5 and then working loop stitches through the back stitches as in row 1 row au 2 is a version of plain feather stitch ing and row 4 esdone is done in the cre tan stitch variations of all of these stitches and dozens of others that willbe will be new to you and houi your friends are fully illustrated in book 2 offered herewith are you ready for birthdays and the next church bazaar do you turn time in into money with things to sell mrs spears sewing book 2 has helped thousands of women it Is full of new ideas for things you you can make in your spare time if your home is your hobby louwill you will also want book I 1 sewing for the home hom e decorator order by number enclosing 25 cents for e each a h book it you order both books 4 a leaflet on crazy patch quilts with 36 authentic stitches will be included free addres addreal Add resl mr mrs spears S desplaines st chicago 1111 ID |