WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1931, Page 20 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

A RUG FOR YOUR VERY 6WN ROOM You can make a very nice rug for your own room by plaiting strips cut from old stockings, and sewing them together in rounds', squares or ovals. You must ask your friends to help you collect the materials; and remember you can work in the most unpromising things, such as strips cut from alniost-worn-out stockinette, and so on. Wash all the pieces first, of course, and if you can manage to dye some of them in bright colours so much the better. Cut strips about one and a half inches wide, sew them together and make them into three large balls. Then plait the strands together, as in Diagram A, and

Jmiitmimmmtmmmttimiiiimiiititmttttttmimmitmimi you can make ail neat by putting In a stitch here and there. When you have made a good long plait, you can start the rug. Suppose you decide on a round one, like that in the picture; take the plait in your left hand, fold it round as tightly and flatly as possible, and stitch the edges together, as shown in Diagram B. Go on like this, round, and round, until the rug is the required size. It will- look more effective if you work it in definite rounds of different colours, which you can easily do by joining on lengths of variously tinted plaits. To make an oval or oblong rug, measure about three inches- along the plait, fold it back alongside, and stitch together; then continue to fold round and round, as shown in Diagram C, keeping the work absolutely flat. By following these . simple instructions, you can soon learn how to make plaited rugs. Each one takes some time to fashion, as you have to collect so many yards of material, but the results are well worth the trouble. z Wendy’s Dressmaker.