French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT
GIRLS CAN MAKE.

Girl readers who wish to make gifts
for their family and friends and who
have little or no money to use'for this
purpose may find the following sug-
gestions helpful: If you have access
to mothers "piece box" you may make
some very acceptable gifts at no cost
at all. Mother herself will Hppreciasa
! a set of six hot-nandle holders, about
seven inches square. They may be
made of any washable material and
padded with two or three layers OF
WOODEN cloth or outing flannel. The
padding should be sewet in with the
seams so it will not bunch up" when
the holder is washed. Sew three
sides Up, turn and whip the otner si1e
Il atty smut by hand. I1to one corner
sew hook from a discarded hose
supporter so the holder T1ay be hung
up quickly. The holders may be deco
rated according 90 your fancy. One OF
checked Bingham may have a cross
stitch design, one of plain material
may have border in brlar-stitch, en-
other may have bluebird OF ~
design in outline stitch. You NJ e
her a bag for his skat froi'
,toce of denim or other hea mat
al. bag should be ali tw-
wide and Is inches
row Of machine stitching vr
ce"+o~ making peck @r
ska' strap of the mate shf =.
'nd in the center of side .
zen the skates are in the it -
oe doubled in the middle r eer
skates and the strap buttoT arc :
Another strap should be ,hed o
the ton long enough to 81: yer 20
head End allow the bag to T. 81
one arm. The word "skat n1a~ J"
embroidered or outlined on the bag.
Little sister would be delighted with
a set of paper dolls and furniture cut
from catalogues. There ere so many
beautiful color pages in most cata-
Iogues that you will have no trouble in
obtaining whole doll family and fud
niture for their house in colors. Paste
the pictures on thin cardboard and
place under a weight to dry, then cut
out neatly. Extra dresses can be made
for the paper family by tracing around
the dolls bodies on heavy white paper
and cutting out. leaving small squares
projecting at shoulders and sides to
bend back the doll and hold the dress
water colors or colored with craJons
Baby brother or sister will like a soft
ball made of cloth in two colors. Cut
three pieces of each color, shaped like
a section of an orange about three
fourths of an inch wide thorugh the
widest part and five inches long. Sew
together, alternate the colors, and
stuff with cotton. Scraps of Powered
lawn or organdie may be made into
sachets for your girl friends. Cut the
sachets and desired shape and line
with plain color to match the flowers
For instance. pink under pink flower
ed lawn. A tiny ribbon bow in the
same color adds to the beauty of the
gift. Pad the sachet with cotton
sprinkled with sachet powder and fin
ish the edge with narrow lace (hand-
made if you can chochet). Pin cush-
ions may be made the same way. cut
ting them larger, and emitting sachet
powder. A shaving pad for father or
big brother will cost five cents for a
roll of white tissue paper. Cut the
paper about ten by twelve inches. For
the cover cut a piece of cardboard the
same size and cover neatly with flow
cred cretonne or plain material with a
/ simple embroidered design. Lay the
. cover over the tissue paper leaves and
tie through all with a ribbon or croch-
eted cord, Leaving loop to hans Up Is.