WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

THINGS FOR A SALE OF WORK. Several “Wendys” are anxious to make some things suitable for a sale of work, so this week we’ll talk about a nice little set comprising.a waste-paper basket and a blotter. The- foundation of the . waste-paper basket is a piece of stout cardboard, twelve inches deep and twenty-four inches wide. . You’ll also want two pieces of hessian, the same size, for. the outside and the inside, and a circle of cardboard for the bottom, with hessian for covering. Bend the cardboard strip round to ftiake a tube, and sew the ends together; stand the tube on a card and pencil round it to get the size of the bottom, piece. Take one piece of hessian and stitch 5 length of royal blue wool braid—or ribbon —along one twenty-four-inch •edge, about three ‘ indies down, using jade green wool for the sewing, and making running -stitches about a quar-’ ter of an inch long. .Embroider groups of orange, mauve and crimson flowers at intervals over this, using the button-

hole stitch, as shown in the diagram, and making each flower about the size pf a penny; leaves of lazy-daisy stitches

in jade will complete the posies. When you've gone al! along the braid, press the embroidery, sew the two short sides of the hessian together, turn right side out, and slip the cover over the cardboard tube. Sew the short sides of the lining together, turn right side out, and slip this inside the tube, sewing the edges of cover and lining together round the top and bottom. Finally, go over these joins with jade green wool stemstitching. , " ,

Cover the cardboard circle with hessian on’ both sides, and sew this to the bottom of the tube, hiding the stitches with green wool. . - ■ f The blotter is made from two pieces of card, eleven inches wide and twelve inches deep. Cover each piece with hessian on both sides, working an embroidered strip of braid down the side of the front to match the basket before sewing over the cardboard, and making a pocket on the inside of the front flap, to fake stationery, as shown in the diagram. Sew the two covered cards together down the back, and stitch folded blottiim paper inside. You can go over, all tiie edges, of the hessian with jade wool, if you like, to make a pretty finish. Wendy’s Diessm aker.