American Agriculturist, December 1,1923 
or unbleached muslin, ribbon trimmed, 
No. 1800 is very attractive and so 
easily made ! An hour or less serves to cut 
it, hem it, bind it and seiv the pocket on. 
No. 1800 cuts in sizes 36, 38, 40, 
42, 44, 46, and 48 inches bust measure. 
Size 36 requires 414 yards of 32 or 
36-inch material. Pattern 12c. 
Make Your Christmas Gifts 
Patterns For Plain Sewing and Gay Embroidery Too 
Play rompers are a boon to 
the busy mother and No. 
1890, besides being a pretty 
little style, has useful features 
to recommend it. A gay bind¬ 
ing and a touch of embroidery 
makes it a Christmas gift ac¬ 
ceptable both to mother and 
the young hopeful. 
No. 1890 pomes in sizes 1, 
2, and 4 years. For the 4- 
year size, 1% yards of 36-inch 
material is required. Price 
12c. Embroidery No. 674, 
12c extra. 
'J'HE hand-made present is al¬ 
ways the most welcome and 
appropriate Christmas remem¬ 
brance, for the very idea of 
Christmas is the personal thought. 
No design on this page is hard 
to make; many are simple even 
for beginners. Our patterns are 
inexpensive, save material, show 
the newest styles and are guaran¬ 
teed to fit. 
Bobby and Jane won’t start 
giving reasons why they 
shouldn’t go to bed on Christ¬ 
mas eve if the new embroidered 
nightie is produced at the right 
moment. Flannelette makes a 
warm little set of No. 1910, 
for either girl or boy. 
No. 1910 comes in sizes 2, 
4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years and for 
the 6-year size, 2% yards 36- 
inch material is required. 
Price 12c. Embroidery 672 
is 12c extra. 
No. 1372 is an adorable creeping 
apron for the child 6 months, 1 year or 
18 months. The one year size takes 1 
yard, with 3% yards binding. Pattern 
12c. 
The popularity of the overblouse was 
never greater. No. 1932 shows the 
prettiest style, with long sleeves or 
short, and with the new slit-effeot in 
the long-sleeved model. The diagram 
shows how easy it is to make. Plain 
or printed silk crepe, broche silk or a 
plain or figured cotton loill give good 
service. 
No. 1932 cuts in sizes 16 years, 
36, 38, 40, 42, and 44 inches bust 
measure. Size 36 takes 2*4 yards of 
40-inch material, 3 yards binding. 
Price 12c. 
Embroidery 
Patterns 
E ACH one of our em¬ 
broidery patterns 
may be used over and 
over again. Full direc¬ 
tions and both white and 
blue wax are furnished 
with each pattern so that 
designs can be used on 
any material. 
No. 660 includes 
one 4-inch border, one 
two-inch border of 
Egyptian design and 
eight separate motifs to 
use on dresses, house¬ 
hold linens or bags as 
shown in illustration. 
No. 658 furnishes 
an entire alphabet, in¬ 
cluding Me in Chinese 
lettering and in addi¬ 
tion three motifs for 
towels, scarfs and other 
household linens, ahd 
four designs to be used 
on children’s clothes. 
No. 650 includes 
dainty butterfly sprays, 
one of which is illus¬ 
trated applied to a 
nightgown. In addition 
there are 2 rabbit motifs 
3 inches wide and 2% 
inches high and 2 other 
motifs 2 inches wide 
and 4Vs inches high and 
a two-inch border. 
These designs can be 
used on children’s 
clothes, household lin¬ 
ens, di-esses, lingerie, 
bags, etc. 
No. 662 —The spray 
shown applied to this 
dainty undergarment is 
included in embroidery 
pattern, No. 662 and 
in addition there arc 
twenty-one other designs 
for lingerie, household 
linens, etc. 
No. 674 includes a 
variety of motifs for ap¬ 
plique and embroidery. 
Designs measure from 
% inch high to 4 inches 
high. 
No. 667. Five floral 
sprays and attractive' 
motifs for applique or 
embroidery that arc 
suitable for trimming 
dresses, hats, bags, chil¬ 
dren’s clothes, house¬ 
hold linens, etc. are in¬ 
cluded in this pattern, 
As shown, the design 
was applied to a bureau 
scarf. 
Embroidery 
Patterns 
No. 673- Two lat¬ 
tice borders, one 3% 
inches wide, the other- 
2% inches wide, a % 
inch border- for blanket 
stitching and four sep¬ 
arate motifs of corre¬ 
sponding design are in¬ 
cluded in this pattern. 
One of the borders is 
shown applied to a table 
scarf; the designs might 
also be used on house¬ 
hold linens, dresses, 
hats, neck scarfs, bags, 
etc. 
No. 674. A few 
more of the designs that 
are included in this pat¬ 
tern which has been 
previously described are 
shown applied to doilies. 
No. 674 is also shown 
applied to handkerchiefs. 
No. 657 includes one 
large rose motif 8 % 
inches long, two match¬ 
ing motifs for corner 
trimmings, a border 2% 
inches wide, a half-inch 
border for blanket 
stitching and eleven 
small designs, suitable 
for dresses, children’s 
clothes, household lin¬ 
ens) bags, hats and 
scarfs as shown in il¬ 
lustration. 
No. 1811 One- 
Piece Blouse, that cuts 
in sizes 36, 38, 40, and 
42 inches bust measure 
and requires for the 36- 
inch size, 1 % yards of 
36-inch material. As 
shown embroidery de¬ 
sign No. 666 adds 
considerably to its at-, 
tractiveness. 
No. 1429. Chil¬ 
dren’s apron. Any child 
would be delighted with 
an apron like this. In 
sizes 8, 12, 16 years. 
Embroidery pattern No. 
653 supplies the dec¬ 
orative note. Many other 
designs besides the duck 
and applique pockets 
are included in this em¬ 
broidery pattern. 
To Order: Write 
name, address, pattern 
numbers and sizes very 
clearly ; enclose correct 
amount in stamps or 
coin (wrap coin care¬ 
fully) and send to Pat¬ 
tern Department Amer¬ 
ican Agriculturist, 461 
Fourth Avenue, New 
York City. 
