June 1975

ARE YOU OVER YOUR HEAD IN DEBT?

If you're like most people these days, you're uncomfortably familiar with the dollar squeeze. Perhaps you're dipping into funds earmarked for other things. Or delaying payment of some bills you normally would have paid on time. Or working extra hours just to make ends meet.

June Sewing Special: Sun & Swim Set

How to order material from the magazine

Auto Service: How to complain with clout

One of the great contributors to American humor is the auto repair shop. Countless variations have accumulated over a half- century. but the basic picture is still the same: the greasy, vaguely sinister mechanic, a bill rivaling the national debt, the helpless and bewildered customer-- and the car that still doesn't run.

Summer Color You Can Plant Now

If your garden color dwindles when hot weather hits, make this your year to correct the situation. All you have to do is set out some clumps of summer-flowering bulbs and you'll head into the coming season confident of color.

OUTDOOR FURNITURE YO REALLY CAN LEAVE OUTDOORS

What good is outdoor furniture if it can't be left outdoors? That's the question we asked ourselves when we set out to do this story. Much of the casual furniture on the market today isn't meant to withstand the elements.

MAKE IT A SWINGING SUMMER

When was the last time you sat on a swing? Was it under the stars on a hot summer night when the moon and the fireflies were out? Or was it a bright sunny day with the sound of birds and children's laughter all around? Whenever it was, we'll bet you haven't forgotten that swings are wonderful things.

FOLK ART TABLES

What our forebears lacked in store-bought finery they more than made up for in imagination and ingenuity. With nimble fingers, they stitched and painted intriguing motifs on everyday household articles. Even if you didn't inherit any of these treasures, you can give your table the quaint folk art look. Just pick up a design from your tableware pattern and repeat it on your table by using authentic Early American crafts.

GOOD NEWS

Your circular saw becomes a safe precision trim instrument when used with this accurate cutting guide. Just bolt any circular saw (4 to 8½ inch) to the carriage and position the carriage between the guide rails. Since the unit slides on precision bearings, cutting is almost as accurate as with a large radial arm saw.

DO-IT-YOURSELF SPECIAL Sun'n fun projects for summer living

If you haven't made the move yet, now's the time to get into those outdoor projects you thought about all winter. And if you need any last-minute inspiration, here's a collection of 16 ideas to get you started. The projects run the gamut from backyard shaper-uppers to fun-time play areas. Most of the designs can be expanded, cut down, or otherwise adapted to solve special problems. So, get out the sketch pad, collect your family and let your imagination take it from there

PUNJABI WEAVING

Believe it or not, the exotic furniture with the exquisitely woven seats and backs pictured on these spreads is strictly salvage! In fact, it's furniture we gathered from garage sales, secondhand shops, and dusty attics and refurbished with a very practical old craft-- Indian bed weaving. No mysterious Indian rope tricks are involved-- just easy-to-learn handweaving! The technique is basically a combination of weaving and crochet. Punjabi or Indian bed weaving is traditionally left in the bed frame when the weaving's completed.

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The man next door

The fishing has been great in the lakes around our town this year, and every purchasing agent I talk to says it's astounding how many traveling salesmen now feel the need to cover this territory.