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Show WM&m MUSLIN- y 'IjT CARDBOARD ttlljElt ( -COTTON ylS HANDLES SEAMS N SEW TO rfJJJJ MUSLIN-yJ )) j yr CARDBOARD COVER-XJ7 VMUSL1N Save your cans for a footstool. THE other day a letter came with an unusual request. "I have made so many useful things by just following the pictures in your Book 1 SEWING, for the Home Decorator; and Book 2 Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery; I wonder if you could tell me some way to use empty cans?" Fortunately we have a very long memory. There came to life the picture of a fat little girl srtting on a small footstool in a very Victorian Vic-torian parlor while her Great Aunt rocked and visited. And there was something about that footstool yes it had cans inside. The cans were filled with sand to make the footstool heavy. The cover was red carpet with handles of the carpet material at the ends. So we saved six cans. We substituted a piece of upholstery material for carpet, and here is a step-by-step sketch of the footstool we made. It is a great success. Now is the time to give your house a fresh start. Crisp new curtains.; a bright slipcover; new lampshades; or an ottoman will do the trick. Make these things yourself. your-self. Mrs. Spears' Book 1 SEWING, SEW-ING, for the Home Decorator, shows you how with step-by-stcp, easy to follow sketches. Book 2 Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery will give you a new interest for long winter evenings. It contains complete directions for making many useful things. Books are 25 cents each. If you order both books, a crazy-quilt leaflet is in-1 in-1 eluded FREE; it illustrates 36 authentic embroidery stitches in detail. Address Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. |