The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
To Drape Windows.

I'm WINTER the homemaker's fancy
turns not lightly, but earnestly,
- to the subject Of window hang
ings. Nothing makes for winter COIL
ness and comfort like appropriate
hangings. Especially are they import
ant in this day Of fats, apartments and
closely built suburban houses. !
How to admit light to the room and
vet screen ones self from the curious
gaze Of neighbors is always problem
to the housewife.
The bonnie femme, or straight hang
ing curtain, directly next to the shades
and stopping at the window ledge. is
decidedly the best solution. This
single width, broad curtain, which
reaches from rod parallel with the
shade roller to the window ledge only,
is always hung inside the window
frame.
Altho 1t has long been considered
the house furnishing prerogative Of the
rich woman, 1t Is a curtain which any
housewife can make for herself.
Ouite generally this curtain Is fin
ished at the bottom In three or four
scallops, and the center Of the lower
half is generally inset with medallion
Of lace or strips Of insertion arranged
to simulate medallion. The ready to
hang bonnie femme comes in scrim,
bobbinet and the higher-priced laces
like Renaissance, Arabian and broder1e
Anglais, on finest linen inset with ilet
lace.
A woman dsft with her needle can
initiate these by buying either scrim or
bobbinet by the yard, making a me-
dallion Of torchon Or antique lace In
sertion and trimming the scallops with
the material set on in little ruffles, or
with ruffles Of lace to match the in
sertion used. With such a curtain the
shade may be run up to the top Of the
window, and plenty Of light admitted
to the room.
The housewife who cannot afford to
buy good lace curtains will welcome
effects. This Is an inexpensive ma
terial and lends itself artistically tt
the mission furnished living rooms. Al
the effect of q hower-stamped chiffon
but at close range it proves to be {
mesh not unlike cheesecloth with the
floral patterns woven in.
A favorite combination shows terra
Gotta or pinkish roses with soft greer
foliage. There are also some yer.
pretty conventional designs, including
a loaded glass effect which is excel
lent for libraries, dining-rooms an
iving-rooms. In room finished witt
dark wood a peacock pattern Of scrin
would be exceptionally harmonious
This shows a white ground absolutel
covered with a gorgeous peacoc
feather design in the natural hues, Sc
off by touch Of brown.
These curtains require no trimmin
in the way Of fringe, ruffles, ETC., an
are generally draped on either side c
the window in enormous rosettes.
very effective living-room curtain show
bobbinet Of a deep ecru shade applique
with arabesques in natural colored line
outlined by very fine cotton brai
The braid used may be green, brow
red or dull blue, according to the COLI
Of the room, and woman who is quic
with her needle can make these by bu
ing the bobbinet by the yard and ge
ting the linen or batiste, or even
natural colored lawn, and appliqui1
1t in patterns which she can copy fro
conventionalized designs, such as fleu
de-lis, crescents, stars, arabesques !
cornucopias. The cotton braid can
bought by. the bolt very cheaply, al
the result will be a very good INIT
ton Of an expensive ready-to-hang CT
tain. The applique can be done by m
chine, and will stand the wear and tie
of cleaning better than if done by har
!. !. !.
The basket weaves scrim is almc
as coarse as bobbinet, and in it's me
expensive and desirable form sho
roses climbing over a barred or tr
Used pattexR. The. new Nottingh;