TO MEND RUBBER APRONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 255, 27 October 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

TO MEND RUBBER APRONS.

Nearly all women possess one or more of the popular rubber kitchen aprons. When these become torn, most women think they must be discarded, since mending with thread is out of the question. They can, however, be mended easily and quickly in the following manner:—Underneath the tear lay a piece of adhesive plaster. If this is warmed before using it will adhere better. Press the torn edges smoothly together over it. If the place is small, it will hardly show. If larger, the mended place may be concealed by some sort of decoration cut from a discarded rubber apron of another colour. For instance, a flowershaped piece may be cut out, any size and either round or irregular in shape, with scallops around its edge to suggest petals. If the place is where a pocket might come, let the patch become a real pocket for use. Wherever the place may be, one can almost surely conceal it by some kind of ornamental shape, perhaps repeating this 011 : tie opposite side of the apron so it will look as if it were used decoratively. A glance at the elaborately trimmed rubber aprons in the stores will suggest ways in which this can be done. To attach these pieces, use rubber cement, which is very inexpensive and may be purchased at automobile supply shops.