The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-08
SUMMER ACCESSORIES.
Cheap Home Made Conveniences-
How to Make Baby Comfortable.

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Awnings, though necessities, are only
to be purchased at the price of luxu-
ries, yet a woman, with a little perse-
verance, can fashion them herself al
just about half the usual cost
There is really nothing hard either to
understand or do, except, perhaps, the
stitching. The fabric ranges in price
from twelve and a half cents to TWEEN
ty-fve cents. That for about fifteen
cents per yard will answer every pur-
pose as well as the more expensive.
Light stripes, such as yellow and white
or brown and white, are the best, be-
ing cooler and not fading as badly as
dark stripes. The amount needed de-
ponds on the size of awning.
For a window or door shade, letting
up and down, three measurements only
need be taken-the width of win
dow or door, the length of the side and
the extension from the house. All else
necessary is the length of the seam
where the front and sides join, and this
can be determined in two ways.
The easier method is to cut a pattern
or chalk one on an unused floor. Say
the side is four feet and the extension
three feet. This gives diagram No.
and the dotted line A G is the seam re-
quired, and its length is the length also
of the front. Awning goods is about
seven-eighths of a yard wide, so thai
very little figuring gives the amount
required.
HOW TO PUT 1T TOGETHER.
After cutting the pieces, put them to-
gether and stitch tightly. Put a mar.
row hem in the top and sew rings al
equal distances. Have a blacksmith
a lYn q ri inch, iron hnnf
shape, with holes in each end. ScalloT
the bottom and bind with tape, and al
the right distance above sew strap:
about one and a half inches long anG
very narrow, about every three inches
Through these pass the iron. Also sew
a couple of rings down the middle o.
the front. Get a stout cord Qt sells fol
one cent a Yard, fasten to the middle
of the iron in front, pass the loose enc
through the rings, and the awning il
complete.
Put hooks at the top of the window
or door to correspond to the rings OF
the awning. A pulley must also 81
up in the centre. Over this cord il
passed and the awning raised or low
cred. Get from the hardware store thu
little shaped brackets to fasten thu
irons in and cleats to wrap the core
around An extra cord tied to thu
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dow sill will keep the awning from
being blown down during a storm.
For a back door stationary awning
will answer as we'll as the better kind
Make a framework or skeleton of Woo
and tack either duck or awning
goods over A porch shade is merel!
strips sewed together and weighted
with a pole.
HOW TO MAKE A HAMMOCK.
A hammock is very easily construct
ed. Take about eight feet, one widtl
wide, turn down a hem in each emf
of sufficient length to allow a Stretche-
to be run through. fasten securely {
set of cords at each end, gathered il
to a ring, and it is complete. A NOR
ella borate affair can be made by adding
six inch fringe of macrame cord OF
each side with a pile of fluffy pillows
it will in no way be less of a comfor
than the more expensive corded affairs
If the hot weather makes the bah.
cross and fretful at night, hang ham
mock in your bedroom and at first cry
put him in. 1t will soothe him lill
magic. He will often take his dali.
nap with pleasure in it, and at al
times evince greater love for it thar
his cradle or bed. 1t is really an ex
pertinent worth trying.
In stitching awnings, have a tigh
belt on your machine, otherwise it will
take a great deal of strength to sew it
The binding must be put on by hand
unless your machine is warranted t.
do this style of work.
MRS E. FRANCISCO