Evening star., 1937-02-07
Luncheon Set Is Easy to Make
From Printed Crash or Gingham
Dresser Sets, D0iieS
Can Be Made in
Same Way.
By Marie Banmann.

A RE you looking for something
~ special to put into your moth
~ er's or aunt's pink-ribboned
4 a birthday box, or as q Valen-
tine day gift? Then here is just the
thing, which you can make easily in
sewing club or after school at your
best friends house. 1t is gay printed
luncheon set with fringed edges to
fit a card table. Fringed edges are
very stylish again, you know!
To make them, you don't even have
to thread q needle. If you would
prefer, you can make luncheon place
doilies with napkins to match, chair
back sets, dresser sets, or odd doilies.
To make the luncheon cloth with
four napkins, buy one and two-thirds
yards Of 36-inch brightly flowered
crash, plaid, or dotted gingham.
Large plaid patterns. If not too
brilliant, make striking sets when
finished. OF course, keep in mind the
taste of the person to whom the cloth
is to be given, and the color Of the
room in which it will be used. Re-
member just one more thing. Don't
buy material which is woven very
loosely, because it will ravel too much
and the whole cloth will be fringe
when you are finished.
All ready now? First pull a thread
on each Of the two rough sides Of
the cloth-unless the saleslady did
so when she was cutting the piece
from the bolt. BY doing this, you
will be sure to have a straight cloth
when finished. Don't trust the pat
tern lines on plaid material. They
usually do not run true to the thread
of the goods. Always pull a thread
before trying to cut straight line.
Then trim of the crooked edge with
your scissors. Next, pull threads on
the selvage edges, so that you can
also trim them of accurately.
Now measure exactly So inches
along the length Of the goods, pull a
thread, and cut. This gives you q
yard-square luncheon cloth. For the
napkins, cut the remaining cloth into
12-inch squares, being sure to pull
threads first so that they will be ab-
solutely straight. You can get six
napkins from this amount Of goods,
but if you wish only four, the re-
naming goods can be used for odd
doilieS.
To fringe the edges of these pieces
now, you merely pull the outer thread
of, then the second, and so on until
the fringe edge is as wide as you want
it. Three quarters of an inch is a
good width. Then iron cloth and
napkins and hide the set until time
to wrap it.
If you want to make It extra
special, you can design a big letter in
one corner-the initial Of the person
who will receive it. The letter can be
embroidered in solid stitch with one
Of the brightest shades in the print
on the cloth. II the material you
selected is plain, you can use con-
trasting color in croSs-stitch initial
to make very attractive finish.
Perhaps you would prefer to buy
white or eggshell linen or crash. Fringe
the edges and pull two threads, say
two inches from the border. This
gives a lovely drawn-work effect. You
may pull other threads at various dis
tances from the edge to make original
designs.
BY using little care and originality
you can thus make a variety Of gifts
which will charm your friends at about
fourth the cost Of store purchased
pieces. Good luck with themI