Bananas Chart Pattern

Bananas Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Bananas Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Peach Chart Pattern

Peach Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Peach Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Cherries Chart Pattern

Cherries Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Cherries Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Strawberries Chart Pattern

Strawberries Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Strawberries Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Grapes Chart Pattern

Grapes Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Grapes Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Lilacs and Tulips Chart Pattern

Lilacs and Tulips Chart Pattern

Pattern includes one pattern 13¾" x 18¾" for cross-stitch floral spray. A chart for placing the colors is also included in the pattern.

Done in the style of a flower print, this cross-stitch "print" carries out a lovely idea in decor. The rich color scheme of this beautiful spray of tulips and lilacs will blend with almost any interior. If you choose the colors in six-strand embroidery colors to match those on the envelope, the picture will have the richness and beauty of a painting.

MATERIALS REQUIRED—Six-strand embroidery cotton should be used for the work in the following colors and amounts. One skein each of light yellow, yellow, orange yellow, rust, peach, medium coral, deep coral, pale coral, bright rose, soft rose, rose, medium wine, dark wine, pink, light yellow green, gold brown and black and two skeins each of lavender, violet, deep violet, medium green, dark green, light blue green and blue green.

BACKGROUND MATERIAL—Unbleached muslin, smooth linen, medium weight linen-like cotton are suggested materials for the background. The background may be white, grey or a pastel color. Use a piece of material about 18" x 23" or larger, if desired. See framing directions below. The design is also suitable for a wall hanging.

CROSS-STITCH—Follow the chart in the pattern for placing the colors and use six strands of cotton in the needle for the work. It is very important when working cross-stitch to have the crosses of the entire piece crossed in the same direction. A cross is made of an under stitch and an over stitch; all the under stitches must be worked in one direction and all the over stitches must cross them in the opposite direction. Whether one starts at the left and works right, or whether one starts at the right and works toward the left is optional. However, all the rows should be worked to the right or left throughout the entire piece. Keep the stitches as even as possible. Be sure to make all crosses touch. To do this, put the needle in the same hole as used for the adjoining stitch.

SUGGESTIONS FOR FRAMING—This lovely spray of flowers when worked in cross-stitch is about 13¾" x 18¾". You may allow a narrow one-inch background margin around the piece when framing, or from two to three inches, as desired. The frame may be natural, antique white, ivory, maple, gold, mahogany, etc. When using a rectangular frame as shown on the front of envelope, the frame should be about one inch wide or more.

Before framing, the embroidered piece should be stretched over a stiff piece of cardboard, cut the exact size of the frame. In stretching material, be sure to keep the design perfectly straight. Pins driven through the material and into the edge of the cardboard will be helpful in keeping the material straight and tight. The edges of material may be pasted down on the wrong side of the cardboard, or caught together with zig-zag stitches to hold the embroidery in place.


Lilacs and Tulips Chart Pattern
Lilacs and Tulips Chart Pattern
Lilacs and Tulips Color Chart

Plums Chart Pattern

Plums Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Plums Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Pear Chart Pattern

Pear Chart Pattern

Pattern includes 11 fruit motifs: peach 3¾ x 3¾ inches; pear 3⅜ x 4¼; orange 3¾ x 4¼; cherries 4⅜ x 4¼; grapes 4¾ x 4½; strawberries 2¾ x 3; pineapple 4 x 8⅛; lemon 3 x 3⅝; plums 3⅜ x 3¾; apple 3¾ x 4¼; and bananas 4⅜ x 4¾. A chart for placing the colors and diagrams showing how to arrange the motifs on lunch cloths, table cloth, runner and luncheon set are also included.

This colorful fruit design for cross stitch makes a charming decoration for lunch cloths, runners, lunch sets, table cloths, curtains and slip covers for chair backs. The 10 to the inch crosses are suitable for six strand cotton.

Suggested Materials—Linen, cotton with a linen finish, cotton broadcloth, percale, gingham, and unbleached muslin are suitable materials. The diagrams in the pattern show the pieces made of 36-inch material. The large cloth can be made of 36, 54 or 72-inch material.


Pear Chart Pattern
McCall's #628, Fruit Motifs Color Chart

Doll Making | Clothespin Doll

Doll Making | Clothespin Doll

Katinka, the clothespin doll, is made in a twinkling. Saucy Katinka, the clothespin doll, has yellow yarn hair, a pink dress, and a flouncing organdy overskirt.

MATERIALS: Clothespin; pipe cleaner; pink cotton fabric for head and dress; organdy for overskirt; cotton for head padding; small piece of rickrack; yarn; ribbon; pen; black India ink.

DIRECTIONS: Pad top of clothespin; cover with pink fabric; wind with thread to fasten (Step 1). Wrap and twist pipe cleaner around clothespin for arms (Step 2). Lay strands of yarn, about 6" long, across a piece of paper to a width of about 1" (Step 3). Baste to paper, then stitch through center. Braid yarn, beginning about 1" from center stitching. Wind ends of braids with yarn to fasten. Remove paper and bastings. Sew hair to head all along top, tack to sides of cheeks (Step 4). Draw in face with pen and ink. Fold cloth for dress in half, crosswise; cut slit for neckline. Place dress on doll; sew side seams to armholes; gather neckline to fit doll. Cover neckline with rick-rack; tack at back. Cut two strips of organdy, about 3" x 11", for overskirt. Pink edges. Place pieces together (over-skirt is double thickness); gather to fit waistline; tack at back.


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Doll Making | Two Papier-mâché Hand Puppets

Doll Making | Two Papier-mâché Hand Puppets

Playtime pals for children to make—two hand puppets, Tony the Organ Grinder and Toto the Clown, modeled from papier-mâché and dressed in scraps of felt, corduroy and printed cotton. Tony is ruddy-faced, beetle-browed, moustachioed—he wears a green corduroy shirt, yellow neckerchief, black hat, and red gloves. Toto’s merry face is white with red spots, black lines—he wears a green cap, gaily-printed shirt, and red gloves.

MATERIALS:

To Construct the Puppets: Newspaper; flour or wallpaper paste; deep pan; 2 soft-drink or similarly shaped bottles; 2 pieces of firm cotton cloth (such as sheeting) 5" or 6" square; 2 rubber bands; clay modeling tools (or flat kitchen or palette knife, orangewood stick, and larger stick rounded on the end); glue; tiny marbles, shoe buttons or similar type buttons for eyes (optional).

To Decorate the Puppets: Poster or enamel paints—white, yellow, red, black, brown and green; white shellac or colorless nail polish; brushes; denatured alcohol to clean shellac brush; a few strands of knitting worsted for hair, moustache, eyebrows, and whiskers (optional).

To Make Clothes: Scraps of sturdy fabric, such as percale or corduroy, for shirts; scraps of felt for hands and Tony's hat and neckerchief; ruffle for Toto's collar.

DIRECTIONS: Whole procedure, including drying, will take about a week.

To make Papier-mâché: Fold and tear two full sheets of newspaper in halves, then quarters, then eighths, then sixteenths. Shred these small squares, a few at a time, into strips about ½" x 6". Place in deep pan, cover with warm water, stir to loosen strips and let stand at least 24 hours, but preferably three days. When a wad, squeezed dry, holds its shape, paper is ready for mixing with paste. Mix about 1 cup of fairly thick paste for each head. Use about four or five handfuls of paper, squeezed as dry as possible, for one head. Put part of paste in a pie tin or other open pan. Tear apart wads of paper and mix thoroughly with paste. Success of the modeling depends on paste and paper being properly mixed. If mixture keeps falling apart you have either 1) left too much water in paper (re-squeeze it); 2) made paste too thin (add more flour); 3) used too much paste for amount of paper (add more paper); or 4) failed to mix paper and paste together sufficiently.

To Model Head: Center square of sheeting over top of bottle. Hold in place near bottom with a rubber band. (Some bottles are too gradually tapered for rubber band to stay in place. For such bottles, tie a piece of string loosely around sheeting near the bottle top.) This cloth stays inside the head permanently and should extend below the puppet's neck at least 1" all around. The dress is sewn to this extension.

Take a sizable ball of papier-mâché and push it down directly over top of bottle, forming an oval head and about ½" neck. Do not form neck too tightly around neck of bottle. Reinforce any weak spots with additional papier-mâché. With round-end stick, gently press in eye sockets about halfway down from top of head. Be careful not to punch them all the way through. Set in buttons, marbles or tiny rolled balls of papier-mâché for the eyeballs. With small pinches of papier-mâché, and using plenty of paste, attach ridges for eyebrows and lips; lumps for cheeks and chin; a nose and, finally, ears. It is easier to form ears before attaching them. Be sure to form them in opposite directions, making a left and a right ear. Shape and smooth entire head with modeling tools. Level base of neck with a knife. Check for, and reinforce, any weak spots—especially around eyes and ears. Be sure neck and top of head are thick enough not to break through. Add a cone shape for clown's hat.

Cover remaining papier-mâché mixture to keep it from drying out. Let head dry for several hours. Check again, and patch any weak spots or holes. Try easing head off bottle to stretch neck in case it has been formed too tightly around bottle. Mend any cracks this may cause.

Let puppet dry thoroughly in a warm place (but not over direct heat or in strong sunlight) for three or four days. Intense heat will shrivel and wrinkle puppet (fine for making an old wrinkled face). When outside feels dry, slip from bottle and lay head on its side to hasten drying of inside. When puppet is completely dry, inside and out, it is ready to be painted.

To Paint the Head: Be sure sheeting is securely attached to inside of head, adding paste or glue if it seems loose. Hold head on your finger while painting. Dry thoroughly between each coat of paint.

Paint Toto's head with two coats of white. Paint ears, mouth, dots on cheeks, and tip on nose red. Paint hat green. Paint eyebrows, eye pupils and lids, base of hat, and lines on face black. Paint a fringe of black hair around back hairline, beginning just behind the ears.

Paint Tony's head with one coat of white and one coat of flesh color (white mixed with a bit of red and yellow). Paint lower lip red. Tint ears, cheeks, and nose lightly with red. Paint eyebrows, eye sockets, and moustache brown. Paint eyeballs black. Paint a fringe of brown hair around back hairline.

Apply two coats of shellac or colorless nail polish to the dried puppets, taking care not to get any shellac on the cloth extension—difficult to sew through.

If you want to use yarn instead of paint for the hair, moustache, etc., comb out short lengths of yarn with a fine-toothed comb, cut to desired size, and arrange on puppet while the first coat of shellac is still quite sticky.

To Make the Clothes: For each puppet, cut two pieces of the shirt pattern from sturdy cotton; two full hand sections and two palm sections from scraps of felt. Turn under seam allowance at sleeve ends of shirt. Sew hands to sleeve ends of shirt back, thumbs up; palms to sleeve ends of front. Sew front and back of shirt together along shoulder and side seams, using flat or French seams on fabrics that ravel. Hem lower edge of shirt. Sew hand sections together around edge of palm. Turn under neck edge and whipstitch securely to cloth extension of head, as close to puppet's neck as possible. Cover clown's neck with a ruff, Tony's with a scarf.

Measure the circumference of Tony's head. Cut his hat brim and crown from scraps of black felt (see pattern diagram). Slash inside of brim, as shown, to fit head. Sew crown together along center back and top. Sew crown to brim over slashed edge. Glue hat to head. Shape brim.


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