Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-06
QUILTS AND CUSHIONS.
The Patchwork BED Covering Again
Coming in Fashion-The New
Cushions.

With the use OF iron bedsteads and
the o.d-fashioned bedsteads of our
rrandnothers, when such can be OBJ
tanned, has come also the patchwork
quilt. Some of these are being fash
Toned from prints in the patterns our
mothers and gandmothers used, and
others are made from linen, in white
and colors. A very serv.ceable 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 abou:
three inches and half squares of red and
white of such a size that when red
and white half square are sewed to-
getber TO make square II 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 pain
red squares alternating with the red
and white cnes- Sew the strips together
50 that a plain square shall always
come beside the one made of the two
half squares. A coarse white lace or
knotted cotton fringe makes suitable
finish for the edges and such quilt
need not be lined If the seams are felled
down on tine wrong side.
A quilt of the national colors is in
high favor just now. These are Usually
made in what is generally known as
''log cakia" pattern. Cut cotton cloth
about eight inches square. In the cen
ter of the square baste tiny flag, cut
ting off one end so that it will be square.
On each of the four sides sew 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 veiveteen would be held on
the bottom of skirt. Sew the edges
together and turn the last piece sewed
on 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 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 together on the wrong SIDE,
and line the quilt with red, white and
blue bunting. Bind the edge with red,
white and blue ribbon, or make loops of
the ribbon and place them al regular
in nLervals on three sides of the quilt,
like fringe.
The long cushion has almost entirely
sr1,lersa6 ed the euuare .ones frsr I,se IN
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
owners 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 a 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 forget-me-nots,
the work being done solidly, of course,
with silk. A ruff1e of white lace is gath
cred around the edges.
Another cushion. has for its covering
white china silk over pink Of the same
meterial. Pink roses are painted ON the
white silk and the finish is r-uffle of
the white silk over one of the pink, the
edges CT both ruf1es being pinke d.-N.
7. Sum.