WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1935, Page 17 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

A PRESENT FOR MOTHER, This week’s “special request’ ’is for Instructions for making a blotting-ease which is to be a present for mother, so we will see, how .to set about it. The needed are two pieces ef stout cardboard, each twelve inches d4ep and' nine inches wide; a piece of crash, thirteen inches deep and a yard long; and penny skeins of embroidery wool in orange, bright green, and black. The flap that forms the front of the blotter us embroidered with a design of fish and reeds shown in the sketch, before jt 13 made up. To begin the blotter

fold the crash in half, lengthways, then in half again, with the second fold on the righthand side. Draw out the design on a sheet pf thin paper—you will find it quite easy if you look at the diagram—then trace it on the material by placing it over a piece of carbon-paper, and going over the lines with a sharp point, Be sure to get the greasy side of the carbon paper facing the crash. The fish are outlined with stem-gtitph in orange wool, and their fins and scales are worked in the same colour. The reeds are worked in sloping satin-stitch in green, and the eyes of the fish arc black. The bubbles gre also worked in green. When the embroidery is finished, press it on th© wrong side, under a wet cloth.

Now.the blotter may be made up. Lay the material ©n the tablb, embroidered aide uppermost, then fold the sides over to the middle, turn back half an inch from each side of the edges, and sew along the top and bottom edges of the folded material to form two flaps. Turn right side out, and slip th© piece of cardboard inside each flap. Follow the diagram and th© making up will be quite clear.

Cut a sheet of blotting-paper to fit right across the case, fold it in half and then insert it, keeping it in place with a plaited wOol cord tied round the fold of the case, with a bow on the outside. Wendy’s Dressmaker.

RIDDLES AND JOKES. Why is a hole in a wall like an angler? —Because it is a fissure (fisher). What plant is a stage mountain made of?—Shamrock. (Sent by Ada Baylis). Why did the penny stamp?—Because the threepenny bit. (Sent by Vivienne Pepperell). * # * * riddLe-me-ree. My first U in arc but not in square, My second is in hound and also in hare, My third is in right but not in left. My fourth is in thief but not in theft, My fifth U in sink but not in float, My sixth is in steamer and also in boat, My seventh is in May but not in June, My eighth is in star but never in moon, My ninth is in nose but not in ear, My whole is in something ■ that comes once a year. Answer: Christmas. (Sent by Adelma McDavjtt). » * # ' GOOD EXAMPLE. Master: Now, Brown, give me an example of the expression “A skeleton in, the cupboard.”. Brown: A chicken after the second dinner, sir. (Sent by Jean Lowe). * * « » DISGRACEFUL Coach: The new half-back played only two minutes in practice when I saw he wouldn’t do. Captain: What was the matter with him? , , ~ Coach: Broken ribs, dislocated shoulder and fractured skulk