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Show HOW-.-T SEW 'r Ruth Wyeth Spears -Wmi THEN STITCH IT cutWa tUi" band-, 1 Mli 7o PRINT o -S--Sf h 7" SEAM Patchwork border for lunch cloth. and print sections apart and use them for patterns in cutting the fabric pieces adding -inch seam at all edges. NOTE: Readers who are now using Sewing Books No.. 1, 2 and 3 will be happy to learn that No. 4 is ready for mailing; as well as the 10-cent editions of No. 1, 2 and 3. Mrs. Spears has just made quilt block patterns for three designs de-signs selected from her favorite Early American quilts. You may have these patterns FREE with your order for four books. Price of books 10 cents each postpaid. Set of three quilt block patterns without books 10 cents. Send orders or-ders to Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, New York. 'TpHE new uses for crazypatch stitches in Sewing Book 3 have aroused so much interest that it set us to thinking of smart new ways to use pieced quilt block designs. This border pieced of small patterned cotton prints of all kinds and colors put together with red and blue strips is the result. It is very striking and decorative for lunch cloth shown here which, by the way, is made of unbleached muslin bags. The seams where the bags are joined to make the cloth the desired size are covered with straight 1-inch bands of the red and blue material mate-rial as shown at the right. The diagram at the lower left shows you how to make a pattern for the blue, red and print pieces. Cut a triangle of stiff paper 4Vfe inches high and 7 inches wide at the base. Mark the blue strip 1 inch wide along the left edge as shown and then the red strip joining join-ing it on the right edge. Now cut away the top and lower right corners cor-ners as shown. Cut the red, blue |