THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPER’S PRIDE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 429, 10 August 1928, Page 5

THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPER’S PRIDE

Now is the time to overhaul the household linen cupboard. Go through bed, table and bath linen first, including blankets. Mend the sheets which are worth while those beyond repair may be used for rubbers and dusters, while the very worn parts should be cut and rolled neatly into bandages. I have recently made some beautiful new linen sheets from wide linen bought at three and sixpence a yard. For 21 shillings I purchased sufficient to make a pair of double-bed sheets. Instead of hemstitching these, I faggoted on wide hems, some with linen thread, some with silko. The effect is excellent and the saving in time and eyesight is amazing. When marking linen, first write the name with an ordinary lead pencil, then go over it with your own particular brand of marking ink. The pencil will prevent the ink from running. Excellent coloured linen, 36 inches wide, may be purchased for one shilling a yard. This makes beautiful bedspreads. if the necessary widths are faggoted together, or joined with wide linen lace. A faggot-stitched hem all round the spread lends an effective finish. Toilet covers, small table covof coloured linen save much washing ers, window curtains and table mats and always look well. After a blanket has been washed and dried, peg it out on the line and beat it with a carpet heater. You will be surprised to see how beautifully soft and fluffy it will become. To increase the size of blankets which have shrunk, herringbone on to the sides —or all round if necessary—strips of linen or flannelette. These will do for tucking in, and will make a smallish blanket fit a double bed. C.A.