Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-24

break or pull of in the wringer even
II they bend and go through double,
and they do not cut the threads and
come on. They can be bought in black
and white in two sizes and are mex
pensive. When working buttonholes in
boomers, make the middle buttonhole
In front with thread of a different
color from the rest. This makes 1t
possible for child to get boomers on
right without any trouble.
Darning and Patching.
Machine mending is a great time
saver. 1t Is especially good for mend
ing children's clothes, but can be used
on any garment. To do the work, cut
away the worn material to form
square or rectangle. Clip into the cor
ners diagonally about one-fourth inch
TO allow for seams. Cut q patch the
size Of the square or rectangle, plus at
least half an inch on all sides to al
low for seams. Turn the garment wrong
side out. Place the right side Of the
patch to the wrong side of the garment
and pin and haste. Stitch around on
all sides by machine, being careful to
hold the materials together at the
corners.
Machine darning is a quick and sat-
isfactory way of mending sheets, tow
els, table linens and knit underwear.
Use coarse thread for coarse materials.
Fine thread, No. 100, Is best to use for
table linen, as 1t works in with the
threads of the material when launder-
ing. To do the work, remove the press
err foot of the machine and let down
the presser-foot lever. Try the ma
chine on q piece Of material to see II
machines will. If the machine will
not stitch without the presser foot,
leave 1t on, but tie 1t up so that 1t Is
about one-sixteenth of an inch from
the feed. This allows the work to be
drawn forward and backward easily.
Place the material to be darned between
embroidery hoops to hold 1t firm while
stitching. Place the embroidery hoops
under the presSer-foot lever and stitch,
pushing the material forward and back
ward. Make the rows Of stitching very
close together, putting in lengthwise
stitchings first, then crosSwise stitch
ings.
When socks. or stockings have be-
come too worn to be darned and patch
ing becomes necessary, 1t Is much less
dtnlcult to place the material used for
patching over darning ball, then pull
the hose on over this ball and sew by
hand around the worn place. After this
Is finished, take the hose on and turn.
then trim around the patch and care
fully whip down the edges. If the hole
in the heel or toe of the hose Is large,
take a fine crochet needle and with
suitable thread crochet round and round
the hole until it Is filled. There win
then be no rough edges and 1t viii not
pull or wear out.
To mend elbows Of sweaters, cut neat
them down on the outside with fine
stitches, using the same color of thread.
Old, soft felt hats are excellent for the
purpose. A sweater so mended will
give good service for q long time.
To make q lightweight, inexpensive
bathrobe, buy q crinkled cotton bed
spread having rich blue background
with white stripe, or any preferred
color. Out Of this spread make q prac-
tical, washable robe, and in addition
you will have material enough left to
make q good-Sized laundry bag.
When marking scalloped edges on
pillowcases for hemstitching, time will
be saved by folding the pillowcases over
and over until the exact width of one
scallop Is reached then mark one seal
lop on the top. Stitch through the
entire thickness on the machine with
no thread in the needle. The holes
the hemstitcher. This makes them
all come out even. This can also be
done when making points. It makes
crocheting easier If you turn the hem
over and crochet over It. The work is
much easier to do II couple of threads
are drawn about one-fourth inch in
from the edge Of the goods, the hem
turned over, and the hook put through
the space left by the threads. The
finished piece then looks as II it were
hemstitched.
To transfer an embroidery pattern,
take 4 piece of plain wrapping paper,
not too heavy, and 60 over It with
cloth dipped in warm grease until the
paper Is transparent Place this over
the pattern to be transferred and trace
1t with a pencil. Embroidery designs
can be transferred in this way effec-
lively and accurately, either before or
after being worked, without soiling the
original. Rough-f1nished wrapping
paper produces 8 palmer mark than
could be secured from the regular
waxed paper.