Newark post., 1918-09-18
Attractive Bed Coverings

AllEdCllVc DcO coverings
War time economy in the matter
of laundry bills suggests that a
substitute for the all-white bed
spread would make an appreciable
difference in this item. Perhaps
the home keeper is the proud pos
SCISSOR of an old fashioned patch
work quilt of the dainty sort COM
bniing two colors in the log cabin,
the flower basket design, or any
Of the quaint patterns used by our
great grand mothers. These rr
be used very effectively for bed
spreads.
Probably the great-grandmother,
to whom the quilt had originally
belonged. would have been quite
shocked if she could have seen her
beautiful old blue and white quilt
being used in this way. Yet the
idea that one must conceal things
as lovely to look at as are some of
these old-fashioned quilts is rapid
ly being done away with, and the
girl who wants to have a colonial
room is fortunate if she can find
one of them in that part of her
house which has supplanted the
attic.
This quilt was so pretty that sew
eral people copied it. Made by
what used to be called the log
cabin pattern" of delft blue and
white, it had the owners quantity
pretty name worked into the edge.
1t was used in a white room. where
the furnishings were all old-fash-
iOned, and it proved that the cover
ing of a bed can be mace quite as
distinctive as any piece of furni-
ture i'm the room.
An attractive bedspread of
cream-cclored net, rather course
in quality, had an interesting bor-
der, made by cutting large flowers
from cretonne, sewing them on a
band of cream-colored net, like that
of which the spread was made.
then sewing this band to the wrong
side of the spread, so that the flow
ers showed through.
4 Sleep;ng-room. whose effect
was decidedly restful. had bed
covering, curtains and chiffon;er
and derssing-table scarfs that its
young owner had designed and
made herself. She bought very
fine white sheet for her bed-Spread.
traced a Greek key design around
the edges, cut strips Of dull blue
linen and stitched them to the
sheet in the lines of the design.
She followed the same method in
decorating the white muslin cur
tains and scarfs, and her room was
far cooler in effect than when its
furnishings were more ornate.
When one wishes to leave a fold
ed blanket or comforter on the foot
Of the bed. it is advisable to pro-
vide some sort Of a cover. A good
pattern which was used, in one in
stance, was made Of cretonne,
/ bound with colored ribbon in Il
narrow width. A piece Of cretonne,
long enough to cover the folded
blanket, was used; this was folded
over in the middle, and the side
openings. thus left. were filled in
with narrow strips of the cretonne.
slightly gathered so that they fitted
into the top of the opening, and
snapped with patent fasteners to
the edges of the cretonne. The
cover was tied at the bottom edges,
A. intervals. with ribbons, and thus
the blanket was securely protected
from the dust which flew into that
particular city bedroom.
Striped washable taffeta makes
q bedSpread pretty enough TO serve.
when a small room is to be used
fer sitting room as we'll as sleeping
apartmen-. Such 8 spread can be
used with gayly covered pillows.
making the bed appear an attrac-
tive couch.