CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT YOU CAN MAKE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 128, 26 November 1938, Page 20

CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT YOU CAN MAKE

More ideas §®r CUvrisimas gifts are sgwm. feefow. B^S^t the string bag and the calendar wowld bn useful for and .the

Perhaps you !barve made .a Mack "Mammy" doll of black stockings, but have ycra tried to make a chubby pink 'baby doll out ol a .flesh-tinted lisle or woollen stocking? Her hair is ;gdlden stranded -wool. Small children will -adore her. First cut off a length of stocking at its widest part and shape like Fig- 1. This is the covering for j the head ana 'body and .may be shafted; with dny soft material cut into small* pieces. Old stocMngs again are useful for this. The legs and arms are cut from the .narrower parts of the stocking and. are shaped like Figs. 2 and 3.' When running up ithe side seams of body and limbs, it is wise to have -a piece *>f iairly stiff paper beneath *fche stockingette to prevent .stretching. (Tear the paper away from the machining .afterwards). After legs .and arms have been hair. A faMy coarse wool is most| satisfactory and may be combed out or; "fluffed" as desired Measure the' wool into six-inch "lengths and secure padded firmly, oversew the ends and secure the Jimbs to the body by .strong over-stitches. Now for iher golden it in strands of six, by stitching to the centre of the head, as ;showsa an 3Tig. 4. Othei layers are stitched down each side of the head until thick enough. The face may be -embroidered after having been -drawn lightly in pencil. Blue beads or embroidery form the eyes and colour is dabbed on the cheeks with cotton wool dipped in cold-water dye. Make a plain cot-, ton frock of gay -colours and tack it: .firmly to the body. j MAKE THIS ORIGINAL STRING \ BAG. A black cat string bag is an original present to give for Christmas, and it is very simple to make. All you need \ is a piece of black material, velvet for' choice, two emerald beads, -and ihree

buttons, fold .the Jaciateritl ta halt and draw the outline of Pus* with *white chalk. H you Want to be oerit&in of malting a good outline, cut it out in paper first. (Ffrom the head to the foot of .the bag {should measure about nine inches.) £Lay the pattern on the ■velvet and cat rout two outline* for sEronft axtd back, / Sew around the wrong side of the material, joining front snd back. Up fthe centre of the front make a slit large enough to admit a Iwrge ball <rt «tring. Turn the wirole bag inside ©ut^tmaking sure that the ears are well pofinted. Jfew sew ©n two;; green beads for eyes and a pink ones? for the nose. His

whiskers may be« embroidered or mad* from lengths of. black millinery wire. Add a bright ccfioured bow and three buttons along thie opening and the gift is completed. J CALENDAR OR CARD. This little sfceitch, if traced on to stiff paper and caibefully painted, would I make a daMty -design for a Christmas card or a calendar Make a narrow

bow of ribbc»n at the top of the mountmg boaJriS i«nd attach a small calendar 'by a s^pri length of ribbon at base. j, ' ' ' '