The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-03

The good old fashioned quilting 80
Replace the favored tango tea,
II certainly looks 70 10 mel
NEW YORK. September 3.The
newest bse Ia milAdy's bonnet Is =
mighty old ouc~--the quilting bee. II
you please. Al least = perfect pas
sion for this old time hnndwork Is
sweeping over the modern hearth
and now NO home h complete With
out a BIZ OF handsome quilting.
smoking has been laid aside and
patching up has become fine art
Several Of the smart specially
shops Ia Fifth avenue are showing
come delightfully."- artistic aud won
drously attractive things in the
quilting line.
There are first OF all the large bed
quilts done on unbleached muslin
with appliqued designs OF old fash
toned holiyhocks in lovely rose pinks
and greens and the whole quilt
bound in an inch wide binding Of
green Then there is tie morning
glory design in shades Of blue and
lavender. The holiyhock design AID
colors are perhaps the most effective
and there are slip covers for chairs.
table covers and even curtains in
the same patterns tho latter ar
pliqued on single thickness Fl the
muslin and quilted only in the sense
OF the patch work design hoiag
stitched on by hand
There are even tea napkins with
tiny patches of red and green cloth
set on In one corner like a cluster
of two cherries with bincing OF
1.-THE red around the whole. In set
|of these napkins there are only two
OF like coloring in the doze,,. some
OF the cherries being wildly fntr-
ristic In gorgeous yellow. bright prr-
PIES and gay blues and all combined
with the green for leaves
Stunning quilted pillows there are.
their deliberately quilted colured
backgrounds frightened with intri-
cate patchwork designs of filled
baskets OF fruit or flowers, sprays II
varscoiored grapes and the holly-
hook designs and morning glory
vreaths of the bed spreads Zach
pillow is OF course bound III the I'M
esitahle strip OF plain color.
As the prices of the fascinating
finished articles are as high as their
lcoloring it IL indeed a boon 10 the
woman who has more taste than cash
that the tea napkin, pillows and
smaller pieces come with the materi-
al all cut and the designs tasted on
ready to be neatly stitched ard
quilted at home or at the sewing club
for exactly half prices
Aside from cunning aprons made
on heavy linen like the tea napkins
the quilting fad hasn't struck love-
" women IN any more personal spot
than her household furnishings as
yet but IL will no doubt be but o
question OF time when her ingenu-
| ity will turn this quaint art to good
sartorial account. Especially for
the Riddles are its possibilities
manifold in the form of gay little
jumpers, aprons and cunning wash
able bonnets and hats. The crib
sets, including the little bed spread
and the quilted side protectors. are
adorable and for the wee folk the
floral designs vary with charming
but often unclassified fauna, cute
cubist ducks and doggies and bum
MES. pink. blue and green. defying
In the snug security OF their care
fully quilted stitching the inquisi-
tive prying OF infantile fingers
Just think too Of the unlimited
visits this revived arr opens up in
the line OF hand made Merry Xmas
and natal gifts for father. Can't
you Just coniure up the quilted
smoking jackets aud house slip
pers rife with pink elephants nest
ing on sprays OF purple grapes Oh
there Is simply. nothing that can PIT
a wet blanket on the quilting now.
ia this respect ITO be or not to be
Is settled question for the quilt
ing bee Is bound to be-
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