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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 10, 1988.
Slip Covers For Every Mood
the ing to the wooden seats of her din- for ing chairs on hot days now, and the And whole effect is just as cool and
say collected as you like.
JUST FOR SHOW
There's many a slip twixt spring and the antumn- chairs and such, we mean. although we've had a lot to about well-tailored, skin-tight slip covers for summer decorations, there always seems to be news .in
Another friend hooks her form- these protectors and beautifiers. Gone are the days of Mother Hub-fitting slip covers up the back with bards for chairs, in plain unadorned large hook and eye buckles (they're the striped linen. Here is the day of just for show, however, since perfect fit, interesting fabrics and cover itself has a hidden slide fas- imaginative gestures.
STRICTLY INFORMAL
tener). We've also seen slip covers laced up with fancy cords or button- ed up with dramatic buttons.
you
But all slip covers needn't be in- Hildegarde has 'a love of a dining formal. If you want your living room, especially with its new sum-room to retain its formality, mer trimmings. First she bought can buy materials to fit the mood- natural slat-screens that roll up and stripes that are as formal`as tails down at the windows. Then used and white ties-Greek key designs a plain cool green chintz for box of classic dignity-stylized floral pleated valances over the screens. prints with urns or scrolls that are She bought straw matting seat suitable in the most formal of rooms. covers for her ladder back dining chairs. These chair seats already
If Victorian is your dish at the had their edges bound, and to the moment, you can really have fun Quilted material binding she attached a four-inch with slip covers. box pleated ruffie of 'the same green
combined with plain fabrics chintz that was used in the valances. interesting on side chairs, or you So there is no embarrassing stick can knife-pleat the, trimmings of
Witty Kitty
FREE?
The
mentally
FREE?
sketchy girl- friend thinks now that school's out she is a free woman.
are
GIRLIGAG