The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
Accessories FOR THE nAuSDRY.

ACCESSORIES FOR THE LAUNDRY.
have clothespin bag that seems
to me to be little better than the
ordinary kind of bag or apron used
for these necessary utensils, writes
Rose Seclye Miller, in Farm, Field
and Fireside. My bag is made to sus-
pend around the neck and has a cord
or band going over the head and this
is brought around to the under arm,
thus bringing the pins into handy
position for use and in no way weigh
ing heavily anywhere. 1 made num-
Der of these bags before the holidays
and others seeing mine were con-
strained to go and do likewise. / used
heavy unbleached muslin, but duck or
denim, gray linen or whatever you
prefer may be used for the purpose.
Let us suppose the material is heavy
cream-colored muslin, yard wide.
Cut yard in two in the middle length
wise. Now fold n the middle cross
wise of the cloth. Take a breakfast
plate, and lay upon one side, and cut
out less than half circle. 1 drew my
own patterns for decoration and you
can do the same likely. On one
made some tubs, a washboard and
clothespins galore scattered about.
These 1 drew with n pencil. With
Asiatic twisted embroidery silk follow
the outlines of the figures with out
line stitch. 1t will be quick work and
the silk will wash as we'll as the cotton
from which the bag is made. Above
this design, 1 lettered the words,
"Cleanliness is next to godliness," on
and some pieces on the line and wo-
man still at work hanging up the
clothes. This was lettered differently.
"Hang it all" expressed the sentiment
chosen for this, the Asiatic twisted
embroidery silk being used for the
embroidery. One had two mammoth
clothespins crossing each other, and
| the words "This is the kind of hair
pin L am" There we're others too,
but this will suffice to give an idea for
the work. After the decoration was
done, the bag was bound with white
tape around the half circular opening,
and this then feather-stitched with
Asiatic twisted embroidery silk. A
band of wide tape is stitched into
casing across the top, after the sides
of the bag are scanned up, and cord
is run through this casing. You may
make band of the muslin, and feath-
er-stitch it with the silk, or a piece of
the tape may be used if it is wide and
strong, or piece of fancy cord sub
stituted. l had lot of fancy pic
ture cord which had gone out of style.
This gave quite fancy look to the
bag, and as they were and are very
useful you may be sure they found
welcome.
A good bag for holding soiled
clothes is made from two and half
yards of unbleached muslin, or fancy
cretonne. Sew the two ends together,
then leave a space perhaps eighteen
inches or more in the middle of the
strip on both sides, unsewed, and seam
up the rest; this will leave double
bag with an opening in the centre on
both Sides Bind the edge of these
openings with tape if muslin is used
and foather-stitch the tape with Asiatic
twisted embroidery silk. Tie a strong
ribbon around the centre of the bag
at the centre of the opening and you
have double bag, with place on
both sides of both bags into which
you can slip the soiled clothing.
If the material used is plain it will
need some embellishing with Asiatio
silks These wash and wear so we'll it
pays to use them for all such purposes.
The expense is trihing, and a common
plain thing may be made very pretty
by their use. For solid work Roman
floss fills in very rapidly and is a very
useful and handsome silk.