Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-23
Things to Make
With a Gre
tonne Remnant
Here Are Some of Them That Arc
/ Attractive.

~iIIS is a good time of the year
TO buy cretonne remnants. For
they are on sale in the shops
I at very reasonable price.
\ There are lots of things you can
4 do even with small piece of Gre
tonne OF course, there are bags.
4 One sort is that made on an oval EN-
4 broidery ring of wood. 1t is used for
4 laundry bag, and made in a small
size is just the thing for a handker-
chief laundry bag and a neckwear
! laundry bag One young woman has
/ a set OF four, IN different sizes. The
largest is for underwear, The next
size is for lingerie blouses and sum
mer wash frocks Then there are
two smaller ones. one for handker-
chiefs. the other for neckwear. Gre
tonne is particularly appropriate
material for laundry bags because fire.
Quent washing does not iniure it.
These same bags, made on the big
embroidery rings, are useful for many
household purposes. because Of their
open tops for holding paper and
string. for holding cleaning rags and
dust cloths. and for holding rag bag
scraps
Cretonne lampshades arc attrac-
tive, too. and may be made from
remnants quite as well as from the
same Cretonne as the furnishings Of
ones rooms Buy the cretonne, buy
a wire shade frame the size you want,
and buy a little braid TO sew over
around the top and bottom edges
after you have put the cTetonne in
place and there you are. II you
wish to do so, you may Of course line
the shade with sateen of a plain color
golden yellow or rose. TO make the
light soft and attractive. This often
adds greatly to the effectiveness Of a
shade, and of course covers up the
wrong side of the cretonne, which is
never very pretty, and which other
wise shows all too plainly.
You can cover all manner Of little
objects with cretonne. One thing to
make is a cretonue-covered bridge
score Buy the bridge score pad, and
cover an oblong of cardboard with
Cretonne Fasten the pad securely In
place and by its side attach a little
pencil with length of ribbon. also
securely fastened That is all. Such
a pad is a really charming and very
appropriate prize at a small card
party-or rather at a card party
where small prizes are desired.
Then there are holders for your
linen Make them of cardboard.
disks OF various sizes to match the
different sizes of doileys and center
pieces you have Cover each disk
with two pieces of cretonne. over
handed down around the edge-or
else cover one side of each disk. bast-
ing the cretonne over the edges. and
then overland two OF the disks to-
gether. Match two of the finished
pieces together. and make an elastic
garter covered with ribbon, 10 snap
over them. The doileys, OF course,
lie fat inside.
Oh-to skip back to lampshades:
The little shields for side lights on
the walls or for candles may also be
covered with cretonne. applied just
as it is on the lampshades, with braid
around the edges TO cover up all raw
eled edges. IT makes very effective
shields to use eTetonne with some
distinct grouping of the design. such
as bird, or a little garland or bunch
of flowers. and to use one Of these
motifs on each shield. Like the
shades, these shields may be lined
with plain color, either in sateen or in
thin lampshade silk.
Very attractive sofa cushions may
be made with cretonne. A square,
with the four points turned in and
sewed together, makes the simplest
sort. And il you can get couple Of
small matching remnants you can
give a new character to a bed room
with plain white curtains by making
cushions and lampshades and bags
all OF the one cretonne 10 furnish
forth the room with