Show ideal hot dish mats made of cable cord by RUTH WYETH SPEARS THIS HIS mat is made of white cot ton cable cord such as you buy at the notion counter for corded seams and trimmings the original mat from which t this his design w was as taken was made of no one of this generation would ever guess MAKE CIRCLES IN PAIRS 0 JOINING IN 01 AIM BRAIDING what corset strings these were once a common commodity along with collar boning hat pins and side combs there was quite a fad for making luncheon sets of them braided or arranged in v various a designs and sewn with fine stitches on an the wrong side the design shown here is col compact n and copied in rather heavy cord makes an ideal hot dish mat follow the sketches for directions make the circles in pairs as shown using no 40 cotton thread to sew them braid three cords together and then sew the braided strip around and around to make the center of the mat sew a row of the circles to the edge of this center part then add another braided row being careful to ease in the inside edge just enough to keep the mat flat continue adding alternate rows of cir circles and braiding until the mat is the size desired to join the ends of the braided rows pull one end through the braiding to the wrong side of the mat then trim the ends and sew them flat it is not too early to begin thinking of christmas gifts and you will be wanting to make something a bit unusual for that next bazaar when it comes rolling around sewing book 2 embroidery gifts and novelties is full of new ideas all clearly illustrated with step by step pictures send for it today and give life a new interest by starting some fascinating piece of hand work enclose 25 cents and address mrs spears S desplaines st chicago ill |