Cheap Window Blinds
Dear Aunt Daisy, z Do you know, or could you find out, of any material of which I could make new blinds? I need a pair of new ones, but cannot afford shop prices. "Daisy-ite." There was a good method used during war-time when holland for blinds was not availiable. That was to get strong brown paper from the stationer. Cut the blinds the required size, and make a single hem down either side, and the top; exactly like ordinary blinds. You can machine the thick paper with a big stitch. Make a hem at the bottom for the batten; and add on if you want it, a _ scalloped piece for the fringe. Paint one side with varnish, or thinned enamel. Wipe it down well with a cloth, for the paper absorbs quite a lot of it. Turn it over and paint the other side, Let it get quite dry, then sew on the fringe, put in the lathe, and screw on a tassle or cord. These last well, if pulled up and gown by the cord. I hope this will help you out of your difficulty, "Daisy-ite."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 390, 13 December 1946, Page 27
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191Cheap Window Blinds New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 390, 13 December 1946, Page 27
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