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Show rator contains many useful things that every one may take a hand in making. Book 2 shows you with pictures how to make many novelty gifts. Books are 25 cents each. Order both books today and get the patchwork quilt leaflet picturing pic-turing 36 authentic embroidery stitches free. Address: Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, Chi-cago, 111. :-JA.-wAl scr- yW valance ;v V. LAY double '!EAR Mrs. Spears: I want to thank 3-ou for the clear diagram of how to hang draw cur-, tains in your Book 1 SEWING for the Home Decorator. This was just what I have been needing as we have casement windows and no shades in our living room. With a pull of the cord my new curtains shut out the light or the outside view. I wonder if you would help me with another problem? I do not want to make the curtains for the rest of the house. Thought I would buy ruffled net ones. Do you think they would be too commonplace? com-monplace? J. T." Answer: Here is a suggestion for hanging ruffled curtains that vill make your windows a little different from those of your neighbors neigh-bors and lend no end of style to your rooms. Double curtain rods are needed to give the crossed effect ef-fect and a valance board is added to the top of the window as shown. Here the valance is the sort that comes with ready made curtains and the top is folded back to make it double. In thumbtacking it to the valance board, do not stretch it just "ease it on" so that it hangs well. If you feel that the windows need color, the valance and tie backs may be of plain glazed chintz that repeats the strongest color in your room color scheme. A contrasting valance may be either plain or gathered. Let Father and Young Son and Little Sister help you make the home a center of interest. Book 1 SEWING, for the Home Deco- |