Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13
Rugs and Bureau Covers.

Rugs, quite as comfortabl, and al
most equal il appearance to the much
admired knitted Brussels rugs, may be
made as follows: Take burlaps, canvas
or coffee sacks and from it cut a
foundation the size you wish your rug.
Gather up all the bits of worsted ravel.
ings, zephyrs, shreds of merinoes,
tiannels, etc.--no matter what the shade
of color, provided it is wooden, and cut
the flannel or merinoes in strips as mar.
row as will hold together. Roll these
strips up into little Tufts or punches
and tack firmly to the foundation, sew.
ing on in alternate rows until your
foundation is covered.
OF course great deal OF taste may be
displayed in the arrangement of the
colors.
Another way to make q pretty rug is,
by taking such scraps as you may have
i'll variety of wooden. or part wooden
materials, delaines, alpacas, merinoes,
etc. the larger lowered and more " old.
fashioned the better-cut in four or
five inch squares, fold three cornered,
and with needle and thread gather up
in form of shell and sew ON in alter.
nate rows on firm foundation. These
rugs are very beautiful when made en-
tirely of scraps of the different lowered
Tycoon reps that were so much in vogue
for morning wrappers or dressing
gowns few years ago. On deep bor-
der made of Tycoon reps, the back
ground Of grey or brown, and the CEN
ter made OF flowers and leaves made of
tiny shells OF grey co!ors and green, is
especially pretty.
Still another way to make pretty
rug is as follows: Cut foundation of
nice burlaps the desired size; fringe to
"a depth of four inches on each edge,
and make a deep border by sewing
strips alternately, OF dark brown, deep
blue, scarlet and very pale blue drag
braid" The braid of each color should
be one third of an inch or more apart,
the outer edge of each row buttonholed
to the canvas with pale salmon zephyr
and the inside edge with shaded green.
Make an application centerpiece and
I'LL the intervening space by working
here and there in zephyr of some neu-
trail tint, stars, geometrical figures, etc.
Pretty bureau covers, toilet mats,
etc., and almost equal both as to APP.
pearance and wear to Marseilles, can be
made as follows: Take coarse white
muslin-old will do-cut in pieces five
and half inches square with a thin
layer OF white waddlng; in the center
of this basic small So uare, two inches
each way, of pique white cotton da-
masse, linen diaper, or other pretty
thick white material. Have ready
strips of white muslin one.half inch in
width; sew one edge of this strip on to
the edge OF the tiny square-ladies who
have seen or made any Of the famous
" log cabin quilts will readily under.
stand this--turn over and haste down,
cutting off the piece that projects at
one end, beyond the tiny square; on
the opposite side of the center. piece
sew another strip in tho same manner,
and then Oh the two remaining sides !;
now commence and sew another strip
commencing on the first strip you sewed
on. then on the opposite side, and so
on until the large square is covered.
Basic down the raw edge of the last
row of strips, and lay aside until you
have sufficient number of blocks to
make cover of the required size; then
sew the blocks together, line with
thin, coarse white muslin, and trim
with crochet fringe.
Toilet mats to match may be made of
II single block pieced in like manner,
and trimmed with white cotton crochet
fringe or lace, crocheted from very fine
darning cotton and star or serpentine
braid.
Very pretty toilet sets, bureau COW
ers, mats, splashers, etc., are made by
cutting from Turkish toweling pieces
of the required shape and size, and
crocheting a border of lace in shell
stitch OF coral or scarlet split zephyr;
for this latter use medium size fine
steel crochet needle.