Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-23
HOME TOPICS.
Notes OH Household Decoration.

For chair tides, bureau covers, stand
covers, etc, in living rooms, that need to
be of materials that will wash nicely, a
good article of brocadcd linen sheeting
is very good. Another very cheap SER
viceable article is unbeached or bleached
cotton sateen or drilling" Get smooth
satin surface and embroider with colored
cotton or crewel. Those who find the red
embroidery cotton difficult to get or ex-
pensive, may find a substitute that will
not fade if the articles are boiled, and
costs trihe, by purchasing 10 cents
worth of red table linen and drawing out
the red raveling, with which to embroider
the articles. This must be doubled in
the needle, and slight twist given to
each thread to ensure firmness. This
quantity should give four or five inches
of cloth, double fold. BY raveling all
but an inch in depth of this cloth, you
have left red border with linen fringe
perhaps three inches in depth. Make
some small towels of the linen sheeting,
fringe the sides, and button-hole stitch
this red border across both ends. This
will give you some pretty towels for china
or other uses. The edges of the sateen
or linen may be rnveled for fringe, and II
LOW Vi COlhl olltCl tutlDSlllh lllC
will prevent the threads from raveling.
A handsome scarf table cover has been
in daily use for weeks on n small table,
and it has often been washed and boiled
and frozen to remove stains 1t is made
of cotton satcen, cream tinted, (unbleach-
ed, with drawn fringe two inches deep
at the ends The fringe is secured from
raveling by coral stitch in red cotton
about half an inch from this threads are
drawn for the space of one half inch, and
these are worked in hemstitch us used in
handkerchieis, pillow-cases etc. Above
this is II waving pattern of feather stitch
ing i'll red, and II handsome initial rest
ing on II coral stitch spray of several
branches. Tie cloth for this, Il yards,
at 10 cents is Is cents and perhaps3 cents
worth of drawn threads from the red
linen, makes Is cents i'll all. The work
occupied three OF four evenings. Those
who love 10 make home pleasant and
cheerful and have not the means to sur
round themselves with expensive silk and
plush ombroderies, except for the parlors,
may find useful hints from these sugges-
tions. Good linen shecting 80 inches
wide, may be bought for about 81 per
yard One yard will go great way in
small fancy articles to decorate the living
rooms, and being pure white any bright
color looks well for the embroidery.
Shoulder quilts are quite the fashion
now that is, quilts about half the size
of the ordinary one. Very pretty ones to
lay across the foot Of the bed are made OF
the thin cheese-cloth The incest cotton
is needed for these quilts, or the dnrl;
spots i'll the cheaper qualities will show
| through the thin covering. These small
comforters should be tackled close togeth-
er, and this may he done with any bright
color, and the edge may be bound simply,
or it may have crochetcd edge, or be
trimmed with lace. These little quilts
can be washed, and if well shaken aftci
it, and hung where they will dry quickly,
they will look like new again. Small
quilts can be made, too, of other mate
rial. Many women. probably, have old
silk dress-skirs lad away which would
do good service if made up IN this form.
There are many women, at least two il,
every village, some Of whose moments
are made burdenspme ON account of hay
ing in their sitting-room, behind the Goa
stove, 10 long shelf OF wood. This j.
usually painted white TO match Other
| WOODWORK III the room, and ON tlllS whlte
painted surface the soft, gray dust settles
all the time. There is no vigilance short
of the eternal which servcst to keepit free
A young wife tried this plan, and it is So
nearly satisfactory that she tolls it for tho
benefit of others Make -@nmbrequir
for the shelf it may be Of aida canva,
or Of macremc. 1t need not be n deer
lambrequin from ten inches to ifteei
will answer. Then cover the shelf witt
crash, and attach the lambrequin to it,
The dust may settle there, but if giver
one careful brushing in the morning you
will not be dishoartened by seeing 1t fol
the rest of the day. The lambrequin il
the case mentioned was made OF mac
rene, and was crocheted three space.
Were left through which scarlet ribbons
were run the edge was finished with {
deep, large scallop. The ribbons were
put in lcngthwise. If one chose to do SO
the ribbons could be put in the other way
and the ends could be left little Longer
than the lambrequin, and after being
turned back i'll points, little tassels o
crewel could be put on. This is pretty
design for Il corner bracket.