NEW PUBLICATION
The Workbasket Vol. 17 No. 9
I-WB179 The Workbasket Vol. 17 No. 9 – June 1952
This issue has the Lacy Scallop and the Blue Flower doilies, a bleeding heart edging, spoke pan holder, medallion, and rose vanity set. For knitters, there is an insertion and edging to do. To tat are earrings and a medallion. Included are the complete how to’s on sewing a sunbonnet, embroidery stitches, making nylon corsages, and block printing. Recipes this issue are Strawberry Jam (a cup more sugar than strawberries!), a frozen berry treat, and rhubarb crisp. There are tips on buying, preparing, and freezing strawberries. Read the home canning hints and five things to do with old doilies and other linens. The garden expert discusses removal of leopard moth, red spider mites, trips, and white flies. Someone asked about ridding moles and the response was hooking your car exhaust with a tube going down into their trails. Run car for 30 minutes!
Stapled softcover, 48 pages. Scanned 400dpi bitmap.
From the collection of Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Linda M. Mays. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.
In the Women Who Make Cents there’s a summary tip to dress dolls. Long before the Barbie dolls were a thing, there was the remark that young girls like clothes that can be easily put on and off dolls. And not just young girls! There were women that earned a fair amount of money by dressing dolls in the local regional costumes, quite different from the plastic souvenir dolls, and complete with silver accessoires and jewelry. Those were not childrens toys (far too expensive). Maybe something to try if you have some scraps of fabric and lace?
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