Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-11-05
QUILTS AND CUSHIONS.
Patchwork Bed Covering Again Coming
into Vogue The Long Cushion.

Patchwork Bed Covering Again Coming
into Vogue The Long Cushion.
With the use Of iron bedsteads and
the old fashioned bedsteads Of our grand
mothers. when srch can be obtained,
has come also the patchwork quilt.
Some Of these are being fashioned from
. prints in the patterns our mothers and
grandmothers used, and others are made
from linen in white and colors. very
seryiceable one is made from turkey red
and white cotton cloth. This is made in
strips, and the strips can easily be put
together on the machine.
Cut white squares Of about three
inches and half squares of red and
white of such size that when red
and white half square are sewed together
10 make square it will be the exact
size of the whole white square. Put the
first row together with alternate squares
Of the plain white and the red and
white Make the next row Of plain red
squares alternating with the red and
white ones Sew the strips together so
that plain square shall always come
beside the one made of the two half
squares A coarse white lace or knotted
cotton fringe makes a suitable finish for
the edges.
A Quilt of the national colors is in
high favor Just now. These are usually
made in what is generally known as
"log cabin" pattern. Cut cotton cloth
about eight inches square. In the CEN
ter of the square haste tiny flag, cut.
ting off one end so that it will be
square. On each of the four sides sew q
one inch strip of white cotton cloth. All
the pieces should be sewed ON in this
way. Put the two edges together in the
same manner that velveteen would be
held OH the bottom Of skirt. Sew the
edges together and turn the last piece
sewcd Oh over on the cotton foundation
and baste it down with long stitches.
When the four pieces have been put
around the flag, all the edges of the flag
will, of course, be covered neatly.
Around the row of white put q row of
turkey red, and around that row Of
blue bunting, Then begin with the
white again, and continue until the
square is filed. Sew the squares togeth-
er on the wrong side and line the quilt
with red, white and blue bunting. Bind
the edge with red, white and blue rib.
bon, or make loops of the ribbon and
place them at regular intervals ON three
sides of the quilt, like fringe. The
New York Sun, which notes this revival
| of an old fashion, says also:
The long cushion has almost entirely
superseded the square ones for use on
the dressing case. The foundation of the
long cushion is almost invariably some
bright colored silk or satin, but the
decorations vary according to the own
er's fancy. 1t would almost seem as if
the longer the cushion the better. In
| fact, some of them are as long as the
dresser itself and so placed that they
keep the mirror tilted at desirable
angle.
A very dainty cushion is first covered
with light blue silesia, and over this Is
covering of very fine white linen,
through which the color of the under
lining shows very little. The linen is
embroidered with blue forgetmenots,
the work being done solidly and, OF
course, with silk. A ruffle Of white lace
is gathered around the edges.