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Show Woman's World Clever Presents for Everyone Are Easily Made From Scraps lJ2ij rtla J4aietj. ARE YOU gating woefully at your Christmas budget and wondering wonder-ing how In the world you can make it stretch without slighting anyone? Don't despair, because there are probably the makings of a dozen presents in tilings you have at home right now. The young fry will enjoy soft, cuddly animals or dolls made from scraps in the rag bag; sifter and brother could use some scuffs easily 1 made from cotton feed, sugar or flour sacks. Dad would enjoy a bathrobe or lounging Jacket made from a piece of discarded wool, dyed, if essential. essen-tial. Then you probably have many scraps or sugar sacks from which can come towels, pot holders, luncheon lunch-eon sets or cloths and napkins for your women friends. Plan Handy Gifts For Brother, Dad Gifts for men can easily be planned around their leisure time activities. If walking and hiking are the main interests, make a soft scarf to wear. This may be personalized per-sonalized with a huge monogram appliqued with the zigzagger attachment at-tachment of the sewing machine. Or, if the men of the family like golf, take some sturdy scraps from the rag bag and sew some mitten- Get ready for Christmas . . . like covers for the heads of the golf clubs. Finished off with tape, the gloves can be tied snugly around the club heads, protecting them from scratches. Then, to aid in selecting se-lecting the club desired, use the zigzagger attachment to stitch the club number on each mitt. There are many different types of gifts to make for the sister, in the family. For example, if her taste runs to glamor accessories, try making a huge waist-nipping belt of gay felt Attach felt suspenders sus-penders that narrow at the waistline waist-line and widen over the shoulders. With a bag and hat to match, and the entire ensemble decorated with felt flowers, the young miss can step out brightly on her trip to town. Or, if sister has a room of her own, give her a real start toward decorating. You'll find home deco- By making your gifts. rating booklets at your local sewing sew-ing center with literally hundreds of ideas for her room and even other rooms. You might try making a matching bedspread and dressing table cover. Or, cover the waste-paper waste-paper basket or trim her round mirror mir-ror with a frame of gay plaid. Personalize Your Gifts By Sewing at Home If you belong to any club groups you'll certainly be called upon to Christmas Idea V v - - n A Any little child will be as happy hap-py as this little girl if you are resourceful enough to make a gingham dog and calico cat which "side by side at the table sat." You may create the patterns yourself. your-self. You'll need only a bit of gingham and calico, cotton stuffing stuff-ing and hot Iron mending tape plus a bit of time to put the animals ani-mals together. contribute some presents for a grab bag or party or even for a sale. If you need none of these, you'll have some homemakers whom you will want to remember during the holidays. holi-days. The most welcome gifts are those which say they're made just for you. These need not run into expense, if that's the way your budget operates, oper-ates, but they can be personalized. Even if you make some appliqued pot holders, plan them to harmonize harmon-ize or match with the color scheme of the kitchen of the friend to whom you're giving. Plain towels for kitchen or bathroom bath-room can be made glamorous if you sew on floral appliques, obtained from the local sewing center. These appliques may also be use for shower or window curtains or luncheon lunch-eon sets or tablecloths and napkins. Another idea that won't take long to whip together is the sachet Odds I and ends of felt or scraps from old-length old-length slips and satin lingerie pieces make minute bags to hold sachet powder. With your sewing machine you can whip up enough for several dozen such gifts in an afternoon or evening. Soft Dolls, Animals Are Easy to Make An appealing idea to use for a gift is "The gingham dog and calico cali-co cat" made either for your own youngsters or for some little tots you may know. If you can't buy patterns, they're easy enough to create and make from gay scraps of material. First, make the pattern for a sit-ting-up dog and another for an erect cat. Cut the identical back and front of the dog from pieces of red plaid gingham. Cut the identical back and front of the cat from Dieces of purple calico. Iron an eye, a nostril and an ear on the front of the dog with pieces of hot iron mending tape. Iron an eye and whiskers on the cat with hot iron mending tape. Now place cotton stuffing between the back and front of each animal. Seal the backs to the fronts with hot iron mending tape. No, they don't even take any sewing! And of course, you can create any number of other animals in the same way. Use Ingenuity To Create gifts Cultivate your observation to a high degree in these next few weeks if you really want to make useful and welcome gifts. Every time you pay a call, check to see if you can find some spot that could use a homemade gift If you're playing bridge at someone's some-one's home, see if the lady of the house couldn't use an extra bridge table cover. These are very attracting attrac-ting made out of simple gingham, or they may be quilted on the sewing sew-ing machine if you have the time for a fancier job. Monograms or appliques ap-pliques may be added depending upon how elaborate you want to make the gift. Or, what about your neighbor with a baby? Could she use an extra pair of corduroy overalls which will take two or three hours to make? What about the brand new baby who is teething? They can never have enough bibs. You can make a set of two or three or more very easily out of scraps of material. Old Turkish towels are an excellent source of material, by the way. Cut them oblong and bind them with hot iron mending tape of a contrasting contrast-ing color. Cut a semi-circle for the neck and the bind. For the bib strings, simply fold a length of the tape and press together. Are someone's bedroom slippers run down? Patterns for scuffs are available, or you can make them yourself. Sturdy cotton bags, those which come already printed or the wnite ones which you can dye to match robes, are excellent source material. Contrasting binding may be used to decorate them. I |