Evening star., 1944-01-18
Readers Clearing House

but the bags could be made Of some
pretty cloth. Pliofilm also may be
used to make attractive cases for
gloves, handkerchiefs, refrigerator
bags, etc. 1t can be stitched on the
machine the same as cloth. Strips
used for binding must be turned in
on each edge "a inch.
Laundry Bag: This can be made
OF some pretty flowered material
bound with contrasting color bias
binding. Or 1t can be made Of solid
color material or unbleached muslin
with suitable design embroidered
on it, with bias binding which blends
well. The bag is made of two strips
of material. Cut a strip 81 inches
long and 17h inches wide for the
back section. Cut another strip 80
inches long and 17h inches wide for
front section. Put 2-inch hem In
the lower end Of the front section.
Also slit the front section at top
exactly in the center, 10 inches
down. Bind this slit. Now place
the two strips together, round the
lower end Of back section; also the
top ends of both sections to fit a
wooden coat hanger, which is later
placed in the finished bag to hang it.
Sew bag together. binding all edges
Cncluding the rounded edge of back
section at bottom with the bias
binding. Work three buttonholes in
the rounded flap of back section, one
in the middle and one near each end.
Sew buttons on hem of front sec
ton to correspond. Turn up flap
and button to front section. Articles
are put in bag through slit at the
top and removed through the bot
tom after unbuttoning flap.
If Mrs. S. O. S. of Arlington will
try the following it may help: With
flour and water make a very stiff
paste, the consistency of dough Cmy
mother used ordinary biscuit dough-
Rub the spot with this, using only a
small piece at time. This lightens
the soiled spots, if not entirely re-
moving the soil, and 1t may help
absorb the grease.
Here is a suggestion for Miss A. F.
c. of Alexandria for carrying bun
dies. have stout paper shopping
bag, which was purchased from a
5-and-10-cent store. which I find
excellent. 1t is 16xl1 inches, but
there are different sizes. CAT least
these were available a short time
ago. One can be made of some
strong, suitable cloth. Wooden han
dies like the ones used on knitting
bags may be used with the
cloth or handles may be made of
strips of the material doubled a
number Of times. I have a small
cloth bag I use when I expect to
have only few small bundles. The
paper ones have gusset 4 or S
inches wide in each end. and this
may be put in the cloth bag also.
One reader recently asked for
some household suggestions. Here
are a few:
Don't pick up little pieces of
broken glass. Wet cloth or piece
Of paper, lay it on the floor where
the fragments are and pat it. The
tiny particles will adhere to the
damp cloth or paper. which may
itself afterward be burned.
Before fastening the food chopper
to table or shelf place a piece of
sandpaper. large enough to 60 under
both clamps, rough side up, on the
edge of the shelf: screw the chopper
up tight and you will not be both
cred with the clamps working loose.
When sewing on four-hole but
tons, do not use single thread,
but first sew over and over in two
holes. typing and cutting the thread,
and then sew the other two holes
the same way. In this way, buttons
will not be lost when the thread
breaks. because if the thread
through two Of the holes is broken,
the other thread will still hold.