1935-08-24 — Page 10

CHINA MAIL HOME SUPPLEMENT

Make your own home

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1935

URNISHING ABRIC'S

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STRIPED & CHECKED

TWEEDS

SMART RANGE OF

COLOURS

48" wide at $0.75 per yd-

48" wide at $1.00 per yd

48′′ wide at $1.25 per yd.

wide at $1-50 per yd.

48" wide at $1.95 per yd.

THE

• LATEST

The Cow

jumped over the C MOON

Furnishing Dept:

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

W blue and white nursery.

HEN you think offhand of

you feel as though you'd eaten one too many cream puffs Bat if the blue is cobalt and the white is off-white, as it is in a nursery decorated by Pierre Dutel that's a nursery of a dif- ferent colour!!

It is in the day nursery that the cow jumpx over the moon. - In- cidentally, the air echoes to the notes of Boy Blue's born, and there is Humpty Dumpty, perilous on his wall, and Jack the Giant Killer on his way up the bean stalk. In the

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Make A Nautical Beach Bag

BEACH-BAG, gaily colour-

·ed and waterproof-lined, is

a necessity these days.

not be original this

make your own?

Why

year and

.

Here is one you may like to try. It is simple as well as in- expensive to make.

Two circles of linen lined with a waterproof material and an unlin- ed three-quarter circle on the back make the bag itself. The ship with its background is made separátelv and appliqued on to the bar as a whole.

Join Einens by the 11in edges (see list of materials below) and press the seams. open. Cut into an 11in. eir- cie. Now trace a ship on to the circle with the top edge of the boat in below the sky-line. Work the outside of the boat in black button-hole stitch and outline the boat in black stem stitch.

the white and pale blue

Fill in the inside of the boat in red satin stitch and the bottom of the boat in green satin stitch. In- dicate the seats of the boat with a beige satin stitch going the op- posite way to the green. The mast is dark brown, the ropes yellow,

centre of the room a large blue ring of Mary's cockle shells is ready for-games; then there is a block cf numerals for more games in front of the blue-lined toy cabinets. and in another corner of the floor is the woman of Banbury on ber "cock-horse.

The furniture is true provincial There are two TOWD-up. ·wainst chairs and a walnut couch, cover- ed in soft blue, gray and brown, ..while the rest of the furniture is zatique white, and small in scale. Chintz in the window is white with big blue and white gingham flowers looking though they'd been "patchworked on

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and the flag in green and red satin stitch.

Trace the sail on the scrap of orange linen, cut out and place on to the tracing of the boat. Run firmly round the edge and button- hole on with a shade därker thread. Work the waves in white stem stitch. Press very fat and turn the edge of the circle over-in. Place in the centre of a blue linen circle, tack firmly and buttonhole

-in, deep all round with orange thread,

Eind the straight edge of the circle of blue linen with yellów bias binding. Place a circle of water- proof. material. on the inside of each blue linen circle. Tack both Add the circle to the round. plain blue circle and tack again.

Bind the top edges of the two prepared sides of the bag to 1 in." below the top of the straight bound edge of the circle. This makes the opening. Now place the lining face to face and sew the two cir- eles firmly together below the bound tops. Bind with yellow bias binding.

Cut a strip of linen and fold in half, tack open. edge, bind sides with yellow bias binding and attach an end to each upper edge of the bag Cover the button mould: with linen and sew to the top edge of the bag above the back pocket.

Make a long narrow strip of the blue Linen 10 in by 1 in. Fold in half, joining a point at one end. Seam edges, leaving a space large enough for the button to pass through, sew to top of pocket."

Materials Required—

2 circles of deep blue linen, 15in

diameter.

circles of waterproof material for

lining, the same size.

of a cricle of deep blue linen.

1 piece of white linen, 7 x 11.

bias

1 piece of light blue linen, 5 x 11 4 yards of yellow cotton

binding

1 large button mould. A scrap of orange linen.... Coloured stranded cotton.

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ATTRACTIVE STRAW HANDBAGS various designs low prices

SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.

14 Pedder St.

TENAX

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Also- TENAX SHAVING CREAM And TITROL OIL PRODUCTS for BEACH FOOT

•HONG KONG FOOT All other Skin. Troubles

DER A. WING & CO:

9, D'Aguilar Street, -

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Pedder St.