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Three short courses in home making

1917

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Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
LESSON \t\. K PADDED HOLDER FOR HANDLING. HOT DISH BINDINO. 3UBJE4 i M \ i I in. A bolder 6 inches square will besal isfactory for handling hot dishj It caq be made of quilted padding hound with tape or of two thick- of outing flannel covered with percale or denim, and bound with tape or braid, [f made of the outing flannel and covered, it should be quilted by stitching from the middle of one side to the middle of the opposite side in both directions in order to hold the out- ing flannel and the outside coverhn sther. The tape thai is to be used for the binding should be folded through the renter lengths then beginning al one corner of the padding the edge should be basted, half on one side and half on the other. Right-angled corners should be formed. When basted all around the tape should be sewed down on each Bide wit h a hemming stitch. [f the hoi dei- is to be suspended from the apron band, a tape of from j, inches to 36 inches in length Bhould be attached to one corner. The raw i i one end of the tape should be turned in. The i .should be so placed that it over] the corner of the holder about one-half inch and should be basted to the holder. The tape should then be secured firmly to the holder, hemmed do the bottom, and up t he other edge. Tl ther end of the tape be finished with a 2-inch loop. The raw edge should be folded the tape turned 2 inches down for the loop, and basted in place. This 102 THREE SHORT COURSES IN" HOME MAKING. should be hemmed across the end. One-fourth inch up from the end the double thickness of tape should be back-stitched together and the edges of the tape overhanded from there to the hemmed end. PRELIMINARY PLAN. Each girl should provide sufficient denim, percale, muslin, or other easily washable material to cover the two sides of a holder 7 mches scpuare and enough outing flannel or canton flannel for a double lining. About 1| yards of straight tape one-half inch wide will be needed for the binding and to suspend the holder from the apron. Fig. 20.— The holder. METHOD OK WORK. The girls should first carefully measure and turn the material for the covering of the holder and then prepare the lining, basting it all together, then putting in the running stitch and finishing with the binding. If it is not possible to complete the holder in one period, a second lesson period should be provided, or arrangements made to have supervised work done out of lesson hours. i 103 LESSON W. I CAP [X> WEAR WITH THE COOKING VPRON. BJEGT M The simp! i|) to make will be the circular cap. A pattern should be made by drawing a circle 21 inches in diameter with a pencil ami string <>n n piece of wrapping paper. The material I'm the cap should be cul carefully around tin- circle and finished with a narrow hem. A tape t" 1 1 « » 1 * 1 the drav bould be placed 1 | inches inside the edge * » f the hem. \ small | ■ of cardboard cul it one half inch wide should be used for measuring the location of the tape. B thre< fourths inch wide can he ed for tape, or a a rcial tape three-eighth* inch wid< d be p chased. The outer edge <>f the tape should be I down firs! , the