Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-06
A Pretty Cover Made OF Cheap Mate
rinis-(setting a Design From Nature
A Novelty in Pin Cushions--Draping
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ner takes the place of q radiator. The mantel
is Of wood. painted gray like the res. Of tho
woodwork, and gray portieres are at two door
ways. The general tone Of the room is brown
and gray, though no scheme of coloring has
been carried out. There is however nothing of
any decided shade to clash with yellow, so that
color will be effective introduced in the small
bits OF decoration. piazza shades two WIN
dows and only one other is in the room.
making a rather dark apartment, and yellow
Will Tighten the tone OF the whole. With these
data, therefore to guide think Gas economy
IS an object) that brown denim would be more
suitable IN color than any inexpensive mate
rial know Of for the covering OF the projected
dlvan. The frame should set across the lambs
and two large pillows. stuffed to make them
thick, must be set up at the back just to fill i'll
the wall space below the shelf, which is covered
with wall paper. A cord around this with the
corners slightly rounded is all the ornament
| necessary, and as silk cord would look unsuited
TO the denim one might be made of heavy brown
| Irvine with several strands twisted together.
box-plalted valance reaching to the floor will
be the proper finish for front and sides of the
box aud the top is to be stuffed with excelsior
covered over with upholsterers moss and the
denim tightly drawn over and fastened under
| meath the valance. Brass nails. square headed
and dull finished. should be put two III each plat
OF the valance TO hold and ornament HEM about
two inches below the scat. Two or three pill
lows or different sizes and styles should be also
| on the divan TO be adjusted as wanted, while
the TWO large ones are stationary.
AN EcoSoM1cAL COVER.
| Still, in accordance with the idea Of economy
would suggest that one should be covered
with the bright yellow Japanese cotton crepe,
! which is at once artistic and inexpensive. This
pillow should have a full puff or double rutf1e
| all around it. Another might be of the same
gray linen monte cloth as the portieres with
all ail-over pattern of yellow flax thread. finished
| PLAINLY on the edge without cord or ruffle Still
| another smaller one would be pretty of the
yellow crepe, with design applied of leaves
| III golden brown velvet or plush and the
vein!ng and edge of gold thread couched on;
! or, If that is more work than is wished an out
| line pattern may be couched of golden brown
| fax thread. The crepe is too thin and stretchv
| to work through 1t as successfully q COUGHING
| can be put on. There is a revolving desk chair
! IN the room, with cane seat and back and walnut
frame. This could be improved and made to
harmonic by putting plain cushion Of the
| monte cloth on the seat and one also on
! shape and outlined or worked half sohd
| in yellow linen floss. The windows are
already pretty trimmed with long curtains
| OF white and sash curtains of figured sllkolne
| but some touches OF yellow in chair backs and
cushions and another chair covered in brown
| denim to correspond with the lounge will be
| found to give brighter, prettier effect than
| when only the natural tones prevail.
| Another suggestion | would make Is to put
| two rather narrow bands Of the yellow crepe
on the gray portieres, which are untrimmed
| now. lhe top turns over some Is inches
and is fringed, and two two-inch bands above
this fringe. caught with crows feet in brown
floss, would give more character with but little
work. The old gold boiling sheeting would be
good for bands Also perhaps better than the
bright yellow of the crepe
| YELLOW PILLOW
will give rather more explicit description
OF my idea Of the yellow pillow with brown
leaves, for ii may suit other tastes and places
as we'll as the one for which it was thought of.
Ii one Is IN the country now. where grapes
grow, one can make her own design thus:
| Take q large perfect leaf and lay il on a sheet
OF paper and draw the outline, then lay this on
the back of the velvet plush and draw an
outline in chalk and cut four such leaves ont.
These must be arranged then on the crepe-or
| whatever is chosen for the pilow-so that the
| tip OF each leaf is in corner of the square,
| while the stems come together in the middle
| The leaves can be lightly touched with drop
of mucilage here and there to hold them in
place until they can be carefully basted on tho
edges. When the natural leaf is copied on
paper the veining should also be put
which should be put on double-two
strands at time that is. After the leaves are
basted on the material some curling tendriIs
can be drawn to fill in some OF the spaces be-
l n
| Gil. These should be couched on before the
| edge of gold thread is put on, SO the ends of
| the thread may be concealed under it. All the
| gold thread should be couched on two strands
| at a time and the leaves should be 30 large as
| to nearly cover the cushion as they meet in the
center. The stems may be Of four strands of
gold thread just coming together, or, if it is
| liked, better rosette of the ground of the
pillow may conceal their Joining Before 1
leave the subject OF sofa pillows will describe
one saw recently. 1t was rather small and
| square, OF down, covered with silk crepe of a
lovely soft pinkish red The crepe was figured
| with . spray Of flowers so far apart
that only four Of them showed on the
| cushion. OF these two we're left in their
natural state, while two were worked over in
floss OF the same color, with long stitches, not
closely set either. Gold thread had then been
| put on a single strand at once, but with
| another SO close beside it as to leave them less
| than q quarter Of an inch apart These sepa-
rated strands were couched on SO as to form
i've stripes mp and down the pillow and though
| they scarcely showed little way off, soft
CLEAN as they caught the light gave an Oriental
| effect which was very good. The gold was put
on In an artistic manner; for instance, one
stripe was put on in straight lines, another
waved slightly and third was arranged so the
two lines curved, almost meeting at the con-
| cave Of each curve and parting SO a. to form
| an ellipse very long and narrow. This all
| scarcely suggested any design anywhere, but it
| gave ueClueuIy JdpanesQue eject, ana with
| SO little work was a. artistic 40 anything I
have seen of late.
NOVELTY IN PIN CUSHIONS.
A novelty In pin cushions is one in size If
teen by eight inches, perhaps. It IL covered
with figured yellow India silk and tied around.
as Irvine would be tied around any square
| package; is wide yellow ribbon, tied in q bow
| on top where the ribbons meet in crossing each
| other, in the place where the twine would be
tied on the package to carry out that COM
parison.
| PRETTY BAG.
pretty way to make a small bag for scraps
| or a. . hair receiver in O bed room is as fol-
lows: A pillow-case-shaped bag is made Of gray
| linen, twilled, crash or any such material one
prefsra 1t 10 cut long enough to have flap
| turn over four inches in depth. This Is faced
| With yellow India silk-fgured is very pretty.
| In the bag few interlacing disks are worked
In yellow and brown rope silk. Around the
| top narrow facing Is run on the inside and
| through this . whale bone Ia run, which keeps
| the bag open In o circular shape and makes it
| convenient as receptacle. Yellow silk cords
| with tassels fringed out ct the ends are on for
hanging it up.
This very easily constructed bag ID q good
model for other styles. To hold work it might
be made OF India silk with white ground and
gay little pompadour figures, lined with pink,
green or yellow in pale tint, with the turned
over top showing this, and cords the same color
| II would then make . most dainty bag for q
piece Of embroidery or any pretty knitting, and
Tor gin could not fail to please.
| DRAPxRY ron A BUREAU.