Evening star., 1924-10-10
Decorative NeedlewOrk
Effective First Aids in Sewing Are Suggested, Ano
Methods Which Will Result in Economy
In the Home Described For
Housewives.

crochet thread, as you do center
pieces before putting croche.ed
edge on them, and your blanket VIII
be as good as new.
New Feet In Stockings.
To refoot stockings, crochet the
foot and leg together with a short
stitch. using silky cotton. 1t
should be crocheted loosely enough
so that when the foot and upper are
pulled the edges will meet. In this
way seam is avoided and will not
hurt the ankle. With this method
there will be no stitches breaking
when putting the stocking on. The
crocheting stretches with the stock
ing. Cut the tops of baby's worn-out
stockings off, take the ribbed tops Of
daddy's old socks, after the feet are
worn out, sew the cut parts together
and place the seam on the inside. You
will then have a strong top,
like new.
SO many uses may be made of old
stockings, that none should ever be
thrown away. The light-colored
thick socks worn by many men may
be cut down the back of the leg and
through the foot to the toe the fray
ed parts removed. and you have a
good cloth for washing kettles and
the sink. Women's discarded hose
folded in proper size and overcast to-
gether make excellent holders. Eight
or 10 stockings of all sorts, put in an
ordinary mop handle, male a good
dry mop, which can be renewed at
any time. The best part of the legs
OF children's stockings may be cut
out and drawn over the knees of a
better pair to save them while the
rhlld is at play. They are very in
conspicuous. A pair of stockings
with feet removed and a hole cut for
the thumb may be drawn over the
wrists and arms as a protection when
working in the home garden, while
all colors, sizes and styles that are
left may be cut into strips and braid
ed into a rug to lay at the kitchen
door and absorb a good deal of mud
and water, which otherwise would get
on the floor.
Shirt and Collar Economy.
There is way to make mems
shirts last twice as long. When they
are worn around the neck, rip out
the fronts. Commence at the bot
tom. rip up and around the front
of the armhole to the shoulder seam
then the neck band to the shoulder
seams. Cut through the first button
hole, shape new front and sew in
part and the shirts will last as long
again.
If the knit insert across the back
of your husbands or sons cotton
underwear has worn out, you can re-
place it by the following method
Buy a pair of child's long white cot
ton stockings. After cutting of the
foot and cutting the leg open to make
fat piece of cloth you will have
y I'll
mending two suits that otherwise YOU
would have TO discard
Instead of throwing away linen
collars when they wear out on the
fold. rip them from the band cut off
seam. replace, and stitch again. BY
doing this. they can be made to give
almost double service. This should
be done as soon as they begin to
break, so that when cut off at a
new seam is taken, the worn part
will not show.
rip it from the band. discard the
worn silk and carefully press the
remaining lining. Then using one of
these pieces as a pattern, cut exact
duplicates for new outsides from any
suitable silk material that you may
have on hand and you can max e
a new collar for nothing, which will
save buying a new shirt.
Children's Clothes.
If you have tried several ways of
adjusting your little boys rompers
without obtaining satisfactory results.
you will find an attachable belt the
best to fill this need. Make his play
suits all alike, having the buttonholes
the same on waist and pants, and the
same on all suits. Make one belt
of strong betting with buttons on it
to match the buttonholes on the
waists and pants and button through
both of these. In this way there will
be no buttons on the suits to be pulled
off in the laundry.
When making buttonholes in any
garments for children. use embroid-
cry cotton instead Of ordinary thread,
and they will not only wear much
longer, but will look better and are
more quickly made.
When making romperS. always cut
the back seat sections double, then
when the first Is worn through, there
will be patch all ready in place. and
the same color as the rompers, for it
will have been washed just as often.
When hemstitching baby dresses,
or anything thin. do not pull the
threads. Just baste down your hem
and hemstitch just as if the threads
were pulled. and see how dainty the
work will look.