The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-04-11
Handmade Bed Spreads.

suitable bedspread. The bed is such
a prominent piece of furniture-and in
these days when brass bedSteads are
SO much used the spreads show to
great advantage. Some spreads have
lately been made which were both
snowy and economical A very hand
some one was evolved from pair of
large-siZed linen sheets. which had
borders embroidered across the top.
and had handsome monographs The
monogram was cut out of one of the
sheets. and appliqued into the middle
of the sheet used as a spread. and
wreath worked around it, the design
of which matched the borders The
embroidered ends were then cut off
from both sheets and joined with
hemstitching along the two sides of
the spread, to hang down at the sides
of the bed. The monogram from the
second sheet was appliqued, i'm the
same way, to a piece of that sheet.
TO form bolster roll. This work was
all done i'm white working cotton, No.
2.
The second spread was also made
from linen sheet A hem six inches
wide was turned up on three sides of
it. and hemstitched. A simple scallOp
was then worked all around it, on the
double edge, and cut out A design
showing punches of chrySanthemums
and leaves, Joined by a running de-
sign of ribbon, was made to exactly
fit the top of the bed-and a similar
design was put across the upper end,
to go over the bolster roll The work
was done in heavy white merceriZed
cOtton-the ribbon being darned in,
and the flowers and leaves heavily
stuffed and worked in satin stitch.
For yellow and white room, the
spread was made of six yards of plain
yellow wash material, thirty-six inches
wide, costing eight cents a yard. This
was cut into six pieces each one yard
square and Joined together. three
pieces on each side, with insertion
about three inches wide In the center
of each square was worked a con-
ventiOnal figure
These were done i'm the popular
MOuntmillich embroidery, with Nos. 8
and 10 German knitting cotton. Four
skeins of the cotton were used. at 8
cents skein. and seven yards of in
sertiOn, at % cents a yard, making
the whole cost about $3.50. This
spread was for bed where the sides
and end were tucked in. If allowed
to hang free, the sides and end should
be bOrdered with white cotton ball
fringe
From an old-fashioned four-post ma
hogany bed, handsome India cotton
print was used. This came twelve
feet long and six feet wide. and cost
$500
The ground was white. with CAV
red and blue figures of birds and flow
ers across the two ends The pattern
took the form of wide border. These
two ends were cut off. and sewed
along the upper part of the two sides.
the square openings at the corners be-
ing left for the posts. The whole
spread was edged with some old lace
and insertion, ripped from discarded
curtains.
The handSOmeSt spread was made
from Irish unbleached linen, which
comes ninety inches wide. and costs
about $1.5O a yard. This spread was
made three and half yards long, so
as to allow of an extra piece to put
over the bolster roll. The whole sur
face was worked in a Mountmellich
design, in the heavier grades of quit
ting cotton, the work taking about
month to accomplish.
The edges of this spread were hem
stitched, but would have been much
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