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paper and making an applique border for bathroom, kitchen or bedroom
walls. These borders can also be used to decorate kitchen cabinets, bread
boxes and other containers, valances for windows, etc. Colored cut-outs of
animals, fairy tale characters, fruit, flowers, etc., can be made for children’s
rooms, as wall or furniture decorations. Make these in sets, put them in
glassine envelopes and sell them for 50 cents and up a set. With crepe paper
you can make fascinating favors and decorations for parties. The Dennison
Company’s party books will give you directions for making favors, party
decorations, and paper costumes.

o Ilcloth—Oilcloth may be used in much the same way as wall paper. It is
excellent to cover folding screens (especially for kitchen or nursery use), to
cover boxes, to cover scrapbooks and schoolbooks, as cut-outs for wall and
cupboard decorations, for valances, etc. In addition, oilcloth makes attractive
breakfast and luncheon sets for the summer cottage, table mats for children’s
use, porch cushions, kitchen aprons, beach bags, table runners for the porch,
babies’ bibs, laundry bags, as coverings for kitchen articles (the scouring
powder can, match box, etc.), racks for pot holders, waste basket, etc.

W ool, yarn—The craze for knitted things of all kinds presents an opportunity
to sell knitted garments for babies and adults. Knitted suits and dresses sold
through the department stores start at around $50. The vogue for colonial
furniture in the last few years has brought a demand for hooked rugs which
are in keeping with colonial interiors. These rugs are also suitable for summer
cottages. One young woman who made several rugs for herself, not only
achieved considerable skill in making the rugs, but speed as well, and could
make the small type of bedroom rug in her spare time in a few days. Through
her friends, the local gift shop, and an advertisement in the neighborhood
paper, she secured orders which netted her enough profit to pay half her
household expenses. Her rugs sold because they were well made and were of
unusual designs. Modern designs can be hooked as well as the colonial type.
Knitted garments for babies, needle-point chair seats or footstool covers, all
suggest ways of making money. Skill in this type of work always comes with
practice.

t eXtIles—Aprons and house dresses offer a fertile field for a woman’s clever