Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
RUGS AND BUREAU COVERS.

Hol-elold.
Rugs, quite as comfortable aud almost
equal in appearance to the much admired,
knitted Brussels rugs, may be made a. fol-
lows: Take burlaps, canvas-or coffee sacks
and from it cut q foundation the size YOU
wish your rug. Gather up all the bits of
wors,ed Rawlings. zephyrs, shreds of me-
rlnoea, h%annels, etc.-no matter what the
shade of color, provided it is wooden, and
cut the flannel or merinoes in strips as mar.
row a. will hold together. Roll these strips
up into little tufts or lunches and tack firm
ly 10 the foundation, sewing on in alternate
rows until your foundation ia covered.
OF course a great deal of taste may be
displayed in the arrangement Of the colora
Another way to make a pretty rug is, by
taking such scraps az you may have In va.
riety Of WOODEN, or part WOODEN materials,
delaines, alpacas, merinoee, etc.-the larger
lowered and more 'old fashioned The bet
ler-cut in four or five inch squares, fold
three cornered, and with needle and thread
gather up in form of a shell and sew on in.
alternate rows on a firm foundation. These
rugs are very beautiful when made entirely
of scraps of the different lowered Tycoon
reps that were so much in vogue for morn
ing wrappers or dressing gowns q few years
ago. On a deep border made Of Tycoon
reps the back ground of grey or brown, and
the center made Of flowers and leaves made
oftiny shells Of grey colors aud green, is es
p%ecially pretty.
Still another way to make a pretty rug i,
as follows: Cut q foundation Of nice burlape
the desired size; fringe to the depth of four
inches on each edge, and make . deep Dor.
der by sewing strips alternately, of darh
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 ill the inter.
vening space by working here and there in
zephyr Of some neutral tint, stars geom .tri-
cal figures. etc.
Pretty bureau covers. toilet mate, etc.
and almost equal both as to appearance and
wear to Marseilles. can be made as follows
Take coarse white muslin-old will do
cut in pieces five and q half inches squar.
with a thin layer Of white wsdding; in th,
center Of this basic . small square. tw,
inches each way, OF pique white cotton da
masse, linen diaper, or other pretty thicl
white material. Have ready strips Of whit
muslin one.half inch in width; sew on
edge Of this strip on to the edge Of the tin,
Isquare-lauies who have seen or made sn,
of the famous "log cabin" quilts will read
lily understand this turn over and hast
down, cutting of the piece that project {
one end, beyond the tiny square; on ID
opposite side Of the center piece sew anoth
er strip 10 the same manner, an
then on the two remaintpg sides
now and sew another strip, com
mencing on the FIRST strip you sewed o
then on the opposite side, aud 80 on unit
the large square is covered. Basic down Il
, raw edge OF the last row Of strips, and Il
aside ~untikYou have . sufficient number
blocks 20 make a cover of the required siz
then sew the blocks together, line with thi
, coarse white muslin, and trim with croch
: fringe.
. Toilet mats to match NAV be made Of
single block pieced in like manner, q
trimm, d with white cotton crochet fringe
lace, crochet.d from very 6ne darniug colt
and .,ar or serpen'ine braid.
Very pretty toilet sets, bureau cove
= mats, splashers, ETC., are made BY cu,ti
> from Turkish tow.ling pieces Of the
quired shape and eize, and crocheting
}, border Of lace In shell stitch Of coral
-~carle, spli, zephyr; for this latter use .
dunn size fine steel crochet needle.