Modern Handcraft Inc. (publ.)

The Workbasket Volume 17 June 1952 No. 9

Home and Needlecraft For Pleasure and Profit

Modern Handcraft, 2401 Burlington, Kansas City 16, Missouri

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.

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