Description
Object description
whole: the images are positioned across the majority. The title is separate and positioned along the top edge left and top
edge centre, in white. The text is partially integrated and located across the whole, in black. The Board of Trade emblem is placed at the
top edge left. The title and upper images are partially held within a red inset. All set against a white background.
image: the five upper images depict various sheets and blankets. The lower images illustrate how to sew patches onto household linen or
blankets.
text: ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE
BOARD OF TRADE
How to patch sheets and blankets..
WHEN CHOOSING PIECE FOR PATCH, MAKE SURE THE SELVEDGE RUNS THE SAME WAY AS ON THE ARTICLE TO BE PATCHED. PATCHES ON HOUSEHOLD LINEN SHOULD
BE EDGE-STITCHED BY MACHINE, AND THE CORNERS MADE SQUARE AND VERY STRONG. IF THE AREA TO BE PATCHED IS VERY NEAR THE EDGE, MAKE THE PATCH
LARGE ENOUGH TO REACH THE EDGE ALLOWING SUFFICIENT MATERIAL TO MAKE HEM ALONG THE OUTER SIDE, OR ROUND NEW CORNER.
A
TACK ROUND AREA TO INCLUDE HOLE AND THIN PARTS SURROUNDING IT
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B
SELVEDGE OF PATCH MUST RUN THE SAME WAY AS SELVEDGE OF ARTICLE
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SELVEDGE
C
PIN PATCH IN POSITION AND TACK EDGES FOLDING ¼' TURNINGS
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D
EDGE-STITCH BY MACHINE, MAKING SURE THE CORNERS ARE ALL PERFECTLY SQUARE AND SECURE
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E
TURN TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND CUT TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS LEAVING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ½' FOR A GOOD ¼' HEM WITH AMPLE TURNING
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F
THEN FOLD BACK THE FOUR WORN SECTIONS FROM CORNER CUT TO CORNER CUT. CUT OFF
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G
MAKE A DIAGONAL SNIP AT EACH CORNER SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ¼', THE WIDTH OF THE FIRST TURNING. TURN IN AND MACHINE STITCH
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H
COMPLETED PATCH ON RIGHT SIDE
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THREE STAGES OF STRENGTHENING THE CORNER OF SHEET WITH TAPE BY MACHINE
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1
IF SHEET IS WORN IN THE MIDDLE, FOLD AND CUT AWAY THE THIN PART
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2
HEM THE CUT EDGES BY MACHINE AND OVERLAP SELVEDGES AND STITCH (AS INSET)
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3
BLANKETS MAY BE CUT IN THE SAME WAY AND SELVEDGES JOINED BY LOOSE SEAMING
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A PATCH ON A BLANKET IS SIMILAR TO A COTTON PATCH BUT WITH EDGES LEFT RAW AND HERRING-BONED
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY JOHNSON, RIDDLE and CO., LTD., LONDON S.E.20.
51-4158.
B.O.T. CH. 4.
Physical description
51-4158.
Board of Trade Chart No 4.
Produced as part of a series of posters (see PST 7957, PST 7958, PST 8030, PST 8031, PST 8035, PST 8036, PST 8037 and PST
8038).