Gunnison news-champion., 1923-05-18
The Ranehuoman
Says
She speaks her mind on many
things. She will have some
thing Interesting to say from
week to week

work week this time of year to facilit-
ate the ranch work found in the ayer-
age home. brought out many interest
ing things at the meeting of the
Ladies Aid. Some of the things told
are too good to keep away from those
who were not fortunate TO hear the
discussion The meeting was n regu-
lar you-help-me and Ill-help- YOU
round-t table.
One young matron says she always
arranges her work in divisions. While
she has not always limited her work
TO one special week, vet she has
found that by subdividing the many
things to be done, she accomplishes
more than if she worked first at one
thing, then at another.
Her special hobby was apron time. "
II sounded like fairy tale when she
described the two dozen aprons she
made recently just from odds and
ends Of materials. For example. she
used small pieces of left-overs. the
good parts Of light dresses, a bit of
SWISS or net from curtain, for the
afternoon aprons, as she calls them.
From the bottom of dark blue hous e
dress she made three work aprons
with bib attached to each one. From
the backs Of percalc and khaki shirt <
she fashioned some very attractive
aprons. During the winter she bought
two remnants of three yards each of
dark blue polka dot pcrcalc from
which she made two slip-on bungalow
aprons. She says she has enough
aprons now to last her more than a
year.
A school teacher, a guest of the
afternoon, modestly admitted she had
not as yet found need of such a big
supply Of aprons, nor had II been nee
essary to arrange bedding week, but
she did have good time playing with
her hobby, that of making handkcr.
chiefs, not only for herself but for
her friends and relatives. She uses
every kind of material from swiss to
gingham. Some of her prettiest
handkerchiefs were made of niine-inch
squares Of checked gingham, blue,
pink and orange, which she ornament
ed by cross stitching narrow hens in
contrasting colors, utilizing scraps of
embroidery silk or near silk. From
worn pongee waists she made many
kerchiefs, each given an added touch
Of beauty with the use of embroidery
silk; on some she crocheted an edge.
Bits of crepe de chine, and very often
small bits of sheer material put to-
gether with scraps of lace were made
dainty handkerchiefs.
Like all discussions, one idea ex-
pressed called forth many others
which hitherto have lain in hidden re-
cesses just waiting to be given an
airing. 1t remained for the daughter
OF the hostess to spring the real
surprise of the afternoon when she
brought out box in which nestled 10
OF the daintiest camisoles one could
wish to possess. She said she got the
camisole habit about once in two
years then went thru her bag of left
overs and converted every possibility
in the way of any silk, crepe dc chine
bits of nainsook and other sheer fab
rics into camisoles. And there they
lay-all colors, and fashioned from
different models. Many of the dain-
ty pieces had been made from silk
or crepe waists; most of them were
made with shoulder models. There
were scraps from georgette waists
that had been put together with lace
and embroidery from lingerie frocks.
She explained that she always used
pieces from silk dresses to make into
winter camisoles. Two were of black
silk and two from black satin; the
latter were edged with feather stitch
ing in blue silk. The silk camisoles
were trimmed with tiny edge of double
pleating. This industrious young miss
said she did not hesitate to ask her
friends to turn their worn lingerie and
crepe blouses over to her. But now
that they will know her secret, she
may not get SO many for her next
camisole spree, as she names her hob
by.
1t turned out in the afternoon talk
that every woman present had some
kind Of a hobby for making something
from what is generally supposed to
be worthless. A dear grandmother
belonging to a passing generation