Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-03
THE HOUSEHOLD.
cushions OF Many Kinds-HOw They
May be Made and Eeadtiiled-
Sensible Hints.
n Everyday Bin OF Fare which WIN
Place Good Meal on Any
Table.
Cushions of Many I1inds.

home decoration gave elaborate directions
for the adornment of a milking-stool for
Grawing-room use. The legs were to be
4 oilded, the top cushioned and covered
with cream-white velvet embroidered in
aold threat, while various bows of can
: ary-colored satin ribbon were to garnIsh
tho corners and edges. When finished,
The stool, while highly ornamental, no
doubt, would hardly be u great utility.
The conversion OF farm-yard utensil
\ into drawng-room ottoman is probably
i an effort to respond TO the increasing de.
4 mand for low seats, but accommodation
= Ia this line can certainly be provided with
s less labor and more comfort for the
ainount of work and time bestowed.
Floor cushions, SOFA cushions, chair
4 Fashions, are easily manufactured at
N home, and, unlike more ambitious articles
n OF decoration, may be prepared at small
expense. Odds and ends may be made
4 useful here even without deyot-
y Ing ones self TO that well named
new departure in fancy sewing
q crazy work one questions IN nearing
" the title whether it was given IN descrlp-
" ton of the effect produced upon the
X nerves of the person who puts together
the Heterogeneous fragments, or OF the
sensatons awakened in those who are so
unfortunate as TO be obliged to have 1t
n before their eyes after 1t Is completed.
Il Far preferable to this was the silk patch
work of our grandmotheTs, which at least
ppssesSed the merit OF regularity OF de-
!. sign. Superior are the woven silk rags
n OF to-day. These, indeed, may make a
VERY pretty covering, IL Joined with due
Z regard for tiuts. All the pieces of one
K shade should be sewed together and the
~ whole woven in harmonious stripes.
When the wool is composed entirely of
a plush or velvet, an Oriental-looking web
IS the result, of durability as well as
Beauty. The taste of accommodating and
:. uniting enough strips to make an entire
x curtain constitutes what Mrs. Malaprop
would denominate Il herculaneum labor,
q but no one need shrink from the COM
n paratigely small achievement OF collect
" ino q sufficient number of fragments to
= weave a cushion over
Il Remnants of dress goods, discarded
IL sash ribbon, skilllully joined, the freshest
parts OF worn-out furniture draperies-
" best OF all, left over from window or door
" draperies, ali come into play Ia the hands
\ OF an ingenious seamstress, and may be
=, used plain or made brilliant with EN-
y broidery, according to the inclination OF
= the craitS-woman.
While pillows stuffed with the down OF
* the elder duck are the lghtest and the
= most luxurious, they are much more
4 costly than those filed with the ordinary
Il. feathers. Old feather beds can be put To
u no better use than to make them into
's5 pillows, round, oboug or square, for any
4 anu every variety of service. A home.
o, made couch can be rendered tempting
louuging place by heaping it with great
square cushions. Others can be cut &c
=. III the seats or backs of wicker and cane
az CHAIRS. The light bamboo reception
c1airs now 50 much in vogue may be I'M
nd proved by the addition of small shin
as cushions, the Chair legs being first short
NJ ened by an inch or two, while high
&c Backed Boston rockers may be made more
ia, comfortable by soft head rests covered
~ with some goods that will bear washing
= Sofa pillows at are intended merely
for ornament may be stuffed with curleC
ma hair or excelsior, but it is desirable t.
NJ. have feather cushions for use. Pongee
Embroidered with various DIES gns in wasf
tea silk, can be formed like bag, the open.
n Ing tied up with large bow of ribbon
4 THIS case can be slipped off to be sent Il
the laundry when soi!ed, and replaced of
forwards without any of the bother Incl
h dent upon the removal of Il covering tina
has to be ripped to pieces before washing
and stitched together again when clean.
For country house liberal supply o
cuehlons il almost Indispensable. They
convert ordinary and rather stiff straw
and wooden settees into luxurious divans
n, and are essential to the thorough case o
\ hammccks. They soften acceptablJ
Il plaza steps and boat seats to limbs wear,
~ from tennis or long tramps, and add al
item of comfort to picnics and al frescC
lunches or teas. For these purposes silk
velvet or other easily injured fabrics are
mn impracticable, while canton flannel or fel
vi, are unpleasant in hot weather. Turkey rec
is Cheap, serviceable and picturesque. |
show dirt ppndilp HnCg !
III, spot If splashed with water from an GA
or sprinkled with a few drops of rain
no. Covers made of brown linen, worked il
}. gay colors and bound with braid to match
OF sateen and of the eyer-uselul cretonne
also come into play here. Let the cushions
he made of assorted shapes and dimen
sions, suited to varying needs. SINAI
and oblong for boat seats, medum-sizet
ras for hammock pillows, big and square TO
lawn aud veranda cushions. If superannu
ated fe ther beds are not TO be procured
hair is the best substitute. Hardly any
thing else makes comfortable supper
for the head, but for the floor eXcelsio
can be made available. Old "day pill
Y. lows" filled with iute, can be applied t
nobetter purpose than this. With tn
r.r tlcking-cases made smaller the content
more tightly compressed, they form YER
tolerable footstools or low seats. 1t !
y NNNlSuulS w NDNNI lltht VIII eplut SbOu'
er material than used for sofa pillows, sine
N they will be subjected to rougher usage
The iute yelours that is sold in squares O
81 Inherent sizes Is durable and furnishG
- we'll. Dark wooden fabrics of almost an
VI kind that win not too quickly catch dus
o. answer for service In bedroom or nursery
rs4 and knitted worsted cases are neat ant
/. = easily made. A pretty design for a los
seat Is seen sometimes at furniture shops
It'll and can readily be copied at home b.
, snS snypne with skill aud ingenuity. Tw
"a large square pillows, closely stuffed wit
s'iss excelsior or horse hair, arc laid one o.
nc. topo the other at such an angle that tn
VA poiRted corners of the upper cushion pro
W. IVY. iect about the sides of the lower one
'dsi and then securely fastened together. Tn
. a sasiest method Of arranging this seat
q. x have two covers for each pillow, th
nner one plain, the outer more orni
OM ncntal. Sew the latter together befor
$. nsertlng the pillows. Nothing then is I
.sils "a dome but TO close the open end of tn
-. Ntelnal coverings and flnlsh the edge
xlit fringe or heavy cord. It would b
p Opnd extremely difficult TO connect tn
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