The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-09-12
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"a tya4- lsy u.,s @. -zlcr,aas.
confess nay ssiup-tbies wyIe with Jan,
BrauloH al.d her y.i-terel hai.,.s. j -'
a.. speaker recommended sharp sea
-ors IL q preventive, bs. 18th e,l-tau,
use lie zHcaas aD. wcar tAe tu-yIs &,
bitter Il dey ags aat i..ionet-
lie -i.esl- maan, aud tie fingers .oo
Mud the bows oi tie shears viii
s. -cyusa. tAlclu, s-,s oi cloth, AID tao=,
oi ycgT Aucc.s which come in coutaci
Ailh them, "ilh = many f.Ose. Nc"
his Is not ali theory it has besI
,cs;od b. prag:icc. Oar people have
made several c4rP,ts Si.Lia ny recyl
lection, aI.4 have done my share o!
cutting GEd sewing.
Rgg carpets and ;hcir rnanuiactur'
toITn III essential braneL of domestic
econoay anorg iaimers; fer beirg
nade principally from cast off cloth
iug, the expense, aside from the labor
aced not be very great, and the Oh
: gaIn,n:s are thus made TO 30 double
duty. Furthermore, tie carpets aFe
?. not too iiae for use yet, when wel
c made, and the colors nicely blended
are really handsome, aDd give an air
e OF cheeriulness ard substantial con-
: fort to the dining and living room Of
, the farm house, not easily attained by
a shabby, threadbare ngra;n or three
ply. know many farmers whose
hambeTs and sitting room, and, in
tact, every part of the house, except,
it may be, the parlor, are caTpeted
with this home made tapestry |
the sensible "woman-folks' preferring
plain furniture, TO the privatiOns at
tending SO many fine things, and the
difficulty of keeping up style 10 cor
respond, upon the not always immense
Income OF the working farmer. Ifany
of the family can engage in any em
plcyment, like James friends, which
will enable them TO get carpets for the
parlor or chambers more easily than to
make them at home, it would, OF
course, be better, and brussels or in
grain would give better satisfaction /;
yet for common use, for the sleeping
rooms Of the family and the dining
room, which, in winter at least, is Of
ten used as kitchen, too, give US rag
carpets.
Some people take great pains in
preparing their rags, l do hot wish to
reflect upon those ladies vino make
them in so short a time, for I knoE
nothing Of their method. But know
there is a vast diference.ln quality. Of
rag carpets. Some cut the rags very
fine, and instead of cutting around
the corner of an angular piece OF cloth
cut every strip off and sew on the next
one, in order to avoid the uneven
places and ragged corners sticking up
in the carpet. This necessitates an
amount of sewing which would look
rather formidable for two months !
work. Again, instead of turning any \
of the cotton rags they cut them all
to avoid the fTinged and raVelled q
edges. Hence, the alternative OF cush O.
ioned shears or blistered fingers. No :.
doubt all this seems to many like use :,
less labor, ''just for a rag carpet.' But q
there is pcrceptible. difference in 4
carpet made in this way, and the shah q
by affairs we sometimes see which
were made years ago. Besides, those
of us who depend upon rag carpets
for our best rooms, naturally wish TO Fl
carry their manufacture to the highest 81
possible degree of perfection.
AS to chip skip" or "hit-and miss r.
carpets, they are very pretty Will
new and the colors are bright, but P
with constant Use and frequent sweep
inc, ,even the fast colors will grow dim P
long before the web begins to fail. ia
Then they are no longer chene, but all
OF a color, and their want Of u
design or form makes them seem very n
homely, while a stripe holds its own "
far better. OF course it need not
be a glaring contrast of red and a
yellow, or green and orange, but h
shaded greens, little red and less C
yellow-almost none at all of the lat
ter-rich brown, maroon, etc. Two 3
or three shades Of 4 color are almost p
as necessary to produce a pleasing b
effect as in embroidery in worsteds. s.
A light aniliue red shading into ma
room, or if you are partial TO brighter r
colors, cochineal scarlet, madder
red, which usually has a yellowish C
tinge, and orange. Blue was always P
a perplexitY to me- could not find
place for it anywhere in the stripe G
it would not barmonize with anything. a
l should have left it out entirely if
had had my own choice in the matter. t
But finally, latter looking at some green II
and blue plain dress goods, a bright s
idea crossed my mind. put a thread v
of black and a thread OF blue alter Y
nately, until l had five of black and Il
four OF blue, and on either side two c
shades Of green, the darkest next the 0
black and blue. This proved to be
the handsOmest stripe OF all, and the 4
blue did not look out OF place or jar u
upon ones nerves Of vision. Black
and white, "thread and thread makes 4
4 very pretty center for red stripe a
Many of these colors, the blue, yellow, l
orange, and two or three shades of G
green, may be oOlored upon cotton,
and are as durable as anything in
rag carpet. Old calico and dresses
and aprons dyed with cutch- make a
good brown and an old worsLed
dress, either gray or brown, if not too
dark, dipped in an aniline dye, will
make garnet or maroon
BY way of consolation for Jane
Brandon, who seems TO regret her
four years labor, l must tell her of
good lady 1 know, who was ten years
making carpet! OF course she had
other work and other sewing to do,
but she cut rags more or less every