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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 6, 15 December 1949, Page 618

MAKING RAG RUGS FROM RAGS AND SACKS MAKING a rag rug according to the instructions given on page 298 of the September “Journal” has shown 8 I® i" OP ' that variations in the method may ijlil;!® It Hh H J 1® I facilitate the work in some cases. || ||| 1 . fill ! 8-jip The directions given stated: “A W J -X- W. L. square of the appropriate colour is folded' in halves, put under the I'fei.'Uh || HH h • iSM ! ®J«T; machine foot fold foremost, and Illi ! IM 1 IWw stitched through its centre to the H 1 B B ' fill I sack.” Sewing with the fold toward rfeiwW WWff . - , Jw-aak,, the worker may be found easier. The placing of the folded edge is a matter Uwhl SB N H I fill I Hj’m of personal convenience and depends iVsp’& 1118 B i HI 1 WxlVl-l to some extent on the type of machine J H M H 1 iS I foot. The tension should be loosened wI.J f .WJ and the stitch lengthened. If possible, the ordinary machine foot should be replaced with a cording foot. Each The method of folding and stitching square should be sewn on with the +he squares to the sacking. The two ™Xi O e ,l Se e M Se t 0 the Md ° f lhe ">»• »•» '«»»•» - >!»»» »'<<•' P ' P * , - . .. apart than they would be In practice. When working to a design, stitching in rows across the width of the rug .... . . „ , , seems easier and quicker than the re- Making a small sample before the commended method of working right rug . s begun enables the method of round the rug, as it simplifies filling working to be adapted to the requirein the centre. This means that several ments of the pattern and the machine, colours are being worked at once, and EVA TOPPING, Rural Sociologist, more squares must be cut first, but if Department of Agriculture, each colour is placed in a small box, Auckland. they are easily kept at hand. ——