Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-25
WISTARIA IS QUEEN.
Decorative Fancies for Miladi's Rom
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The reign of the violet in boudoir 6eoo-
ration Is over Wistaria is queen now and
unless one has seen the possfhiIit,os rs 49,
trailing vine, filled in May with its penda.t
gracious bloom or purplish Iaven5e, a. =;
aiHleult to imagine the decorative beauty
OF It's curves and coloring in the bolIdoir
Cretonne is used to carry its effect and
the glrl who is having her boudoir done
over this spring should select this fabric
IN white, Powered with wistaria to cover
everything from walls to pincus HONS The
WOODWORK should be enameled in white
and all metal replaced by brass TO BEGIN
with. Then the walls should be smootbIv
hung with the wistaria cretonne If \ lat
tee design in green and white can he Sc
cured for the lower half of the walls 81
much the better. The lowered cretonue
can then be joined by brass tacks or a
white rail on which TO hang pictures
After TINS the deft-nngered girl can man
age affairs herself There will be no tedious
emprolderlngS, fussings with sheer Iaces
and ribbon bows. The keynote of the new
ooudoir is simplicity, and any girl who can
stltch neatly on the machine need not take
more than few days time to completely
fit out her holy of holes
Straight curtains are made for windows
and doorways and attached to brass rings
cover is made from two long strips of the
cretonne sewed together and edged ali
around with green fringe to match the
leaves in the design. Cretonne sims for
cushions are stitched to fit the pillows with
scalloped extension edge bound with green
braid This same scallop or zig-zag edge
IS displayed in all the table covers, though
these latter for the sake of greater dainfi-
ness are backed by frills of imitation tor
chen.
Chair slips are easily made and each
piece of furniture down to the humble foot
stool comes in for new cover Shoe boxes.
too, can be upholstered easily. The main
difficulty will be in getting the cretonne
stretched sufficiently tight for a neat ap-
pearanee. Use quantity of brass headed
lacks or simply good mucilage to fasten
all edges.
Wall pockets should be made in plenty
The newest one is a yard long, and very
narrow with two tapering compartments.
IL Is an umbrella holder, and accommo-
dates two rain protectors comfortably. The
edges are bound in green, and 1t is sus-
pended by stout loop.
RACKS for towels are made of smooth
boards covered with cretonne and the rail-
screwed on last. Shoe pockets, stocking
bags. work bags, hat boxes, scrap baskets,
all are covered. No attempt is made to fit
covered Thus all odds and ends of pieces
can be utilized.
the writing table has a cover of Gre
tonne The letter box is covered smoothly.
der fabric, and small picture frames are
deftly and smoothly covered. The lamp
shades are of cretonne stretched faulty over
q many-sided frame and edged with green
fringe Some frames show insets of dull
green satin for sake Of contrast
The cleverest device of all is a fire screen
which Is in reality a work box. The stout
frame Of two leaves is covered smoothly on
one side, but the other is left open. Across
the top of each leaf runs an open side
pocket six inches deep, held taut by an
elastic. This constitutes catch-all for
embroideries. silks. etc. larger pocket
runs across the lower half of each leaf,
and may be utilized for larger mending
work. Between the two pockets, half way
up the screen, Is a crosspiece of wood, COW
cred in cretonue, into which are driven small
pegs. On these are placed spools of silk
and cotton, Below these and inclosed by
strips OF the cretonne into which are thrust
scissors. tape, thimble, aeedle-book, pins
everything required for Inending or sewing.