Eevive the patchwork quilt of a quarter century ago or use these made covers for comforter tops. Curtains, Towels, etc. Cheese cloth makes a good curtain tinted if desired according to color scheme of room. Save all flour sacks and sugar sacks and use for tea towels or to make WARCOOKBOOK 107 children's under garments. Make wash cloths and dish cloths and dish towels of worn face towels and bath towels. Use small pieces of knitted underwear for wash cloths and patches. Cut off frayed and fringed ends of towels and counterpanes and neatly hem. Use stocking legs if they can not be made over for children for dustless dusters. They should be cut open and stitched in a cloth of desired shape. Make attractive and durable braided crocheted or woven rugs from discarded textiles of all kinds, matching up materials, and dyeing to get special shades, if necessary. Save all scraps of old carpets or clothing and send to rug manufacturers to be made into rugs. Clothing Textiles. Especially when there are children in the family, many garments can be made from partly worn adult's garments, most successfully. Make men's coats, trousers and overcoats into smaller garments for boys. The old garment should be ripped and well washed or cleaned so as to elimi- nate danger from dust germs before making over. Make dresses or skirts of good worsted into little boy suits. Use good parts of old underwear for mak- ing children's garments. Seams should be sewed flat and raAv edges finished with crochet picot. Use good parts of men's shirts for rompers, aprons, etc. Per- cale, gingham, madras and sateen skirts are especially useful. Old outing flannel gowns and bathrobes or bathrobe blankets can be made into gowns and bath- robes for children. Children's stockings can be made of grown up's castoff 's, using a flat seam. Splendid little girl coats and caps can be made from old silk or velvet dresses, skirts and wraps. 108 WARCOOKBOOK Make coat suits over into one-piece dresses. One- half yard of satin for collar and vest will probably be the only new material needed. Many new patterns are adaptable. Make skirts of silk dresses into petticoats or nse them as linings in coats; or use the silk only as a flounce on a sateen or percaline petticoat. Two evening dresses can often be combined into one good one ; or use net over an old evening dress to make it as good as new. Smart jackets can be made from old velvet coats or dresses. Make partially worn waists into corset covers or dainty camisoles. Use gown skirts for making plain petticoats; or for bags in which to hang best dresses. Make aprons, petticoats or children's dresses from the good parts of old house dresses. Save accessories when ripping up an old garment. Beltings, snaps, hooks and eyes and buttons may be used many times. Make handkerchiefs of squares of new material left in cutting. Hats of good quality may be used several seasons by having them reblocked and in summer hats, re- colored. You can use a bottle of colorite yourself to do this. Trimmings, materials, even wire and frame mate- rial can be used many times in making over old hats.

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Revive the patchwork quilt of a quarter century ago or use these made covers for comforter tops. Curtains, Towels, etc. Cheese cloth makes a good curtain tinted if desired according to color scheme of room. Save all flour sacks and sugar sacks and use for tea towels or to make children's under garments. Make wash cloths and dish cloths and dish towels of worn face towels and bath towels. Use small pieces of knitted underwear for wash cloths and patches. Cut off frayed and fringed ends of towels and counterpanes and neatly hem. Use stocking legs if they can not be made over for children for dustless dusters. They should be cut open and stitched in a cloth of desired shape. Make attractive and durable braided crocheted or woven rugs from discarded textiles of all kinds, matching up materials, and dyeing to get special shades, if necessary. Save all scraps of old carpets or clothing and send to rug manufacturers to be made into rugs. Clothing Textiles. Especially when there are children in the family, many garments can be made from partly worn adult's garments, most successfully. Make men's coats, trousers and overcoats into smaller garments for boys. The old garment should be ripped and well washed or cleaned so as to eliminate danger from dust germs before making over. Make dresses or skirts of good worsted into little boy suits. Use good parts of old underwear for making children's garments. Seams should be sewed flat and raw edges finished with crochet picot. Use good parts of men's shirts for rompers, aprons, etc. Percale, gingham, madras and sateen skirts are especially useful. Old outing flannel gowns and bathrobes or bathrobe blankets can be made into gowns and bathrobes for children. Children's stockings can be made of grown up's castoffs, using a flat seam. Splendid little girl coats and caps can be made from old silk or velvet dresses, skirts and wraps. Make coat suits over into one-piece dresses. Onehalf yard of satin for collar and vest will probably be the only new material needed. Many new patterns are adaptable. Make skirts of silk dresses into petticoats or nse them as linings in coats; or use the silk only as a flounce on a sateen or percaline petticoat. Two evening dresses can often be combined into one good one ; or use net over an old evening dress to make it as good as new. Smart jackets can be made from old velvet coats or dresses. Make partially worn waists into corset covers or dainty camisoles. Use gown skirts for making plain petticoats; or for bags in which to hang best dresses. Make aprons, petticoats or children's dresses from the good parts of old house dresses. Save accessories when ripping up an old garment. Beltings, snaps, hooks and eyes and buttons may be used many times. Make handkerchiefs of squares of new material left in cutting. Hats of good quality may be used several seasons by having them reblocked and in summer hats, recolored. You can use a bottle of colorite yourself to do this. Trimmings, materials, even wire and frame material can be used many times in making over old hats.

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