Show make quilted pads for dresser drawer by RUTH WYETH SPEARS HERE see seems ms to be no corner tin THERE in the house where the decorators art is not applied closets used to be drab and dreary places but now they are be decked in scalloped shelf edgings eddings edg ings gay garment bags and bright hat boxes dresser drawers are also perking up time was when a clean newspaper was put in the bottom of a drawer every so often and the date of the one removed proclaimed how long it had been since this housewifely task had BASTE GLAZED THIN CHINTZ COTTON SHEET WADDING CW INE 5 aw LT E Z y I 1 siaa BINDING 1 Y N I 1 been performed now we make pads to fit the drawers we scent them with our favorite sachet and find infinite joy in their soft colorings machine quilting is just the thing to give the pads the stiffness and body they require to lay flat glazed chintz in a plain soft blue with darker blue bindings is used for the pads made to fit the chest of drawers shown here thin muslin is used for the backing and sheet wadding for the padding when all three layers of material have been cut the right size baste them together the first row of basting is run diagonally across the center and then the rows are spaced about six inches apart as shown here also is a sketch of a machine in operation it is merely a foot with an indicator attached the end of the indicator runs along each previous row stitched making an accurate gauge for the spacing of the quilting after the pads eire are quilted bind the edges as shown NOTE mrs spears book 2 gifts novelties and embroidery has helped thousands of women aduse to use odds and ends of materials and their spare time to make things to sell and to use book I 1 SEWING for the horne home decorator is full of inspiration for every homemaker these books make delightful gifts mrs spears will autograph them on request crazy patch quilt leaflet is included free with every order for both books books are 25 cents each address mrs spears S des plaines st chicago ill |