For the Home Needlewoman
Place a pieco-of net under a tear in *■>'» »/““'S When darning. Taclc neatly on tne wrong side, and then do tho Earning into the net .of the right side until the opening is well covered. Ihe work is quickly and easily carried out, and in the end will be hardly visible. A piece of tape sewn under the place where a button is put 01l Chii(llC J clothes will lengthen the life ot the Keep a piece of beeswax in your basket. If the buttons are 6 ewn on boys’ trousers with waxca linen thread there is loss chance of them coming off. If linen has to be put away for ay length of time it should bo washed im not starched, and then rolled in blue Pa \Yhcn sowing with double cotton •m-’ke a knot in each end instead of knotting them together, and there will be no tangles.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6636, 25 August 1931, Page 9
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154For the Home Needlewoman Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6636, 25 August 1931, Page 9
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