Show HOW to SEW RUTH SPEARS by WYETH RULE PAPER IN THEN 3 4 DRAW DESIGN s OVER SQUARES 6 CUT OUT AND 1 ACE ON 1 I BURLAP 1 HALF tr T r ALF the fun of hooking rugs is in making your own designs all you have to do is to mark the pattern on burlap with a wax crayon and then go over it with a warm iron to set it simple flowers are easy to draw and in the olden days real leaves were used for patterns scroll designs combined with flowers are popular now for use with eighteenth century furniture the scrolls of the handsome rug shown here were hooked in gold color outlined in brown the edge medium blue the center darker blue and the flowers in tones of red and deep rose with leaves in two tones of green this diagram shows you how to make a scroll pattern that you may use in different ways just rule apiece a piece of paper in one inch squares and then follow the diagram outlining the scroll so that its lines cross the squares exactly as they do here now cut the scroll out and trace around it on the burlap repeating it at each corner then fill in the flowers is is NOTE there are re several other rug designs directions with directions for knitting crocheting and braiding in booklet no N 0 6 0 of the series of homemaking home making book booklets 1 ts which mrs spears ba has s prepared for our readers copy of booklet t 6 with description of the other numbers in the series will be mailed to readers who will send name and address with loc in m coin to MRS RUTH KUTH WYETH SPEARS drawer 10 bedford bedford hills new york enclose 10 cents tor for book 6 name address |