Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps

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Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and Scraps

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I. Dress Economies

The Brassiere

A Camisole Yoke of Embroidered Filet Net and Crochet

A Pretty Camisole Yoke

To Re-sole Cashmere Stockings

Three Pretty Aprons

Utilizing Partly-Worn Garments

Collars for Cold Days

To Freshen a Last Season’s Jersey

The Use and Abuse of Gloves

A Knitted Hat

Fancy Tops for Socks and Stockings

Making a Child’s Overall from a Narrow Skirt

Re-footing made Easy

How to Re-heel a Worn Sock

Slippers you can Make

Mending a Man’s Shirt

Mending a Collar

The Wisdom of Preventive Mending

For Keeping out the Wind

An Apron you can make from a Summer Skirt

Knitting Your Own Woollen Spencers

A Child’s Knitted Petticoat

A Practical Way to Teach Girls Dressmaking

The Art of Blouse Making

Decorative Stitches for Children’s Clothes

Part II. Household Economies and Fancy Finishes

The Nursery Casement Curtain

The Advantage of Coloured Knitting Cottons

The Cynthia Knitted Stripe. Suitable for a Toilet Runner

The Economy Quilt

To Finish the Hems of Blankets

Doing up an Eiderdown

Patchwork Quilts

Repairing Table Linen

Mending a Sheet

A Patchwork Toilet Runner

Modern Bead Work

Crochet Ribbons for Underwear Beadings

Bead Fancies

Some Embroidery Stitches

Two Novel Bags

A Violet Handkerchief Sachet

A Rosebud Handkerchief Box

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Published by Good Press, 2021

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Fig. 1, the toe piece, ½-inch at c—d where it joins the stocking; fig. 2. ½-inch all round except at the lines a—b, c—b, where ¼-inch only must be allowed. If the stocking is short this can be remedied by leaving the extra length required at fig. 1, a, and fig. 2, d, in addition to the turnings previously mentioned.

Machine the new toe piece to the stocking at c—d (fig. 1), open and press the seam. Machine a—b to b—c, of the sole piece (fig. 2), open and press the seam. Machine this new sole to the stocking, open and press the seam. Fasten down all seams with small slip stitches.

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