Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-06
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Laura A. kirkmnn.
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF
YOUR SEWING MACHINE

Not long ago | wns calling on friend
when a Young pirI--a stranger 10 rne---
dropped in to show my friend new
dress she had Just bought. Don't yoil
Just love ii?' she said, waving her hand
ut the old-blnc chan-stltch embroidery
on the rulIles of the white froek, II Just
couldn't resist that embroidery II sim
ply makes the dress
looked Mt the little frock more close
~ II was extremely simple III cut u
dress which any woman could mnke Then
! asked the girl n question: "ifave you
a sewing machine7'
When she replied in the affirmative
asked her why she had not made a frock
at home exactly like the one she had
bought. ! pointed out to her that she
could have unthreaded her needle and
copied any embroidery pattern or braid
ing design by placing the design on sew
eral thickncsses of brown paper and
running over il with the unthreaded
needle, then bastlng the brown paper on
white material and following the design
once more, this time with threaded
needle, afterwards tearing away the
paper-which would leave the colored
thread on the ruflle of the dress IN chain
stitch embroidery pattern.
This lack Of ingenuity on the part OF
the woman who owns a sewing machine
is universal The average woman puts
her box Of sewing machine attachments
away a few DAYS after she buys machine,
and forpets all about them She does not
appreciate their value does not get as
much out of her machine rs she should
|. Even though one has not chain-stltch
machine, one can use ones chain-stltch
attachment and run over. a braiding de
sign on the wrong side, so that the chain
stitch appears on top.
Another trimming which the machine
pives-and which is so seldom taken adj
vantage of by the average woman--is the
pin-tuck Instead of buying lace To tflm
the babys bonnet or oltr tea apron, We
should first always cor slider Using ttlcking
for trimming Tuckirg is the natural
trimming for sheer materials. iin-tucks
i'm groups. graduated tucks, orusshaued
tucka Of various sizes, shirring, rttfiiirg,
pifIinp. hemstitching box-pleats, bias lawn
folds, binding and piping these are but
few of the substitutes for cheap lace
which will give = garment an air OF DIS
tinction.
With a narrow hemmer attachment
and unthrcaded rcedle, one can quickly
accomplish the work of turning the hens
of her tahle-linen ready for hand-hem-
ming A hcmmer is invaluable for press
ing hens accurately IN this way before
| basting.
The binder is perhaps the most use
ful sewing machine attachment The
cutting gauge is used in connection with
the binder in making ones own STRIPS
of bias lawn binding or any other kind
Of binding The woman who has once
learned 20 make her now binding for work
aprons. children sromperslrunninga around
the sleeves, collar and legs. will rover
again buy her binding IN the stores. for
she can make II more reasonably than she
can buy il. Bound huttouholes arc 50
much more durable than those made by
| hand, and in tomorrow s Answered Letters
/ column, will print exact directors for
making bound button holes IN answer e
| a letter from "A bride.
Tomorrow Answered Letters.