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Show Dainty Coverings for Gifts unusual bridge prize, and a set of three is sure to delight a winner. Silk should be used as the outside material mate-rial If choice cases are awards. For the homemaker who wishes to have these cases for her own silver, canton can-ton flannel cases are perfectly satisfactory. satis-factory. For articles to contribute to fairs and other sales, this sort will sell fastest, as it can be priced lowest. low-est. Of course, this is assuming the material has to be purchased, and is not to be found in a piece bag. Often left-over pieces of dress or good lingerie silk can be found, in such a bag, and be put to the best of uses in fashioning silver cases. gl. 1933, Bell Syndicate. VVNU Service. Combine Usefulness and Beauty, and Always Remembrance. Dainty gifts of usefulness in a home are especially In demand for hope chests. The engaged girl appreciates appre-ciates these household presents especially es-pecially when they are made by the giver, or at least have some touches of her handwork on them. Cases will be needed for wedding presents of flat silverware, a name given to all such pieces as knives, forks, spoons, of all sizes and sorts, sugar tongs, etc., since they lie flat or nearly so on a table. A case is exquisite when made of silk and ribbon, and as each case takes but a small quantity of material, mate-rial, the cost of the beautiful gifts remains small. For practical use, cases of deep red or green double-faced double-faced canton flannel are excellent. This textile is similar to extra fieavy outing flannel, which can be used as a substitute. Bind cases with ribbon and have ribbon tie strings. Featherstitch Feather-stitch down each seam dividing pocket sections for single pieces of silver, and you can readily see' how smart the gifts are. A set of three quilted silk cases is mentioned as a good sort of present pres-ent for three girls to make and give the prospective bride. The silk can be bought ready quilted, or this stitchery can be done by the givers themselves. The running stitches can be taken diagonally across each case in opposite directions, thus forming diamond quilting. Or half dollars can be laid on the lining material and a pencil drawn about them, and these circles he run through lining, lightly wadded interlining, and outside out-side silk. Bo the tracing before assembling as-sembling the three parts named, for so only will the circles be accurate. A silver case in any style is a very |
