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PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
Your Sewing
By JOAN OʻSILLIVAN
Choose Carpets For Decor
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Ascot Scarf and Muff —To Accent Coat or Suit
TAVE you wished for zuma-
HAVE
thing to add colour to your eon? This ensemble made itt take fur may be just what you need. Make and wear it now, then use it later to accent your spring suits. We use leopard o ccrist beznuse complimen.a
so many colours,
You need yd. fur fabr'... Muff forms in muslin are avail- able, ready to cover. Buy one of the, as they are a great fung
with saver, or make your own cotton and lining.
-Flat Face Down Straighten fabric, Lay fint face down. Chalk out muff and reart following diagram. As scarf is reversible, you cut four Jengths, shaping as indicated.
fan
Because leopard or ovela, has en up and down in the design, cut all nieces in same direction. A wide bak
be made from balance of
of fabric. It desired. Scam narow
ends of seart Pitic :: together. Pre-s Feams open. Decide position of opening through which ene chd of scarf e drawn, Mark on one side of scarf making slash 2" to 3. Jorig.
"On Right Side Lay 11⁄2" strip right side down on right side of scarf. Siltch around mark for slash
10 [22n teari. Clip Pross scums open.
corners.
Tarn right ride out. Pres. Whip opening closed. Cut other side of seart through
slash. Turn raw edges under and whip
down, Preds.
Smaller on Edger Cut Bining of must 3" smaller on both edges than indicated for muff fabric. Lay cotton over wrong side of lining and tack to position.
Seam lengthwise edges together on wrong side.
Seam crosswise edges of muff cover together on wrong side. as for a bound buttonhole. Cut Press open. Tum right side out. between stitching line. Draw Shirr both ends with 2 rows of facing strip through to wrong guthers. side and stitch around opening. Insert lining and cotton inside Lady scarf pieces together of muff cover. Draw up ends of wrong side out. Stitch edges all cover to fit ends of lining. Turn around, leaving a small opening raw edges in toward each other along one side through which and whip together.
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ID you ever stop to think about the things that make a room look...*** homoy and warmly inviting when winter winds aro howling about outside?
There's more to thể mat- ter than just furniture. Sofas, chairs and tables are Important, of course. But they're only part of the de corating story. The com- plete picture calls for ac- cessorica lampa to throw a friendly boam of welcome, and, most important, a' carpet. to cover the bare, coli look of floors.
A room without n carpet has an unfinished look. It: lacks that comfortable ap- peal. So let your carpet set the scheme for the rest of your room, be a founda- tion on which to build.
Choose your floor cover. ing with care. Bo cortaln it
the will complement other furnishings you have in mind: If your furniture is formal, your floor cover- ing must be, too. You wouldn't wear loafers with an evening gown, and, by the
token, you wouldn't use a hooked rug in an English Regency room.
same
The
A THICK CARPET OF GOLD covers the floor in this modern apariment. shindo blends well with the guy terra cotta, browns, gold and white of the plaid sofa and complements the blonde wood end table.
an old house. All in all, these Modern designers have are three good reasons why it's made the matter easy, growing increasingly popular,
a variety They've created
Colour, of course, is some- of carpets that do well in thing else. Don't choose wines. almost any setting. Most navys and such dark shades plain weaves, textures and because you're anxious to avoid tone-on-tone designs are housework. Surprisingly enough, it's these colours that show basic. You can hardly go wear-and-tear-most. They pick............ wrong with these. But if up .every tiny bit of lint, you want something that's spotlight every footprint, need definitely designed for Pro- more vacuuming and sweeping. vincial,
ΟΣ Modern
18th Century furniture, you're aure to find it, too.
Far more practical are neutral shades of medium rose, pyon and beige. This may look more frivolous, but they don't show soll as quickly 1$ darker carpets.
Design is the first considera- tion when you're buying floor coverings but there are other lngs to keep in mind, too, If you want to make a room look. And once you choose your larger, give serious thought to carpet, give It care. It's a big other virtues, as well. It covers wall-to-wall carpeting. It has investiment, foundation for
Pre-Test The Belt Before Start Washing A Quilted
You Robe
house, conceals
inexpensive floors in a nev
worn floors in
your furnishings, and it will laat longer it it's looked after regularly,
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It won't be long before your a substantial tubful of duffy quilted robe begins to look a suds, dipping up and down and
tle grimy and just begs for a being careful to refrain
trom bath. There's nothing so dis- triction-rubbing lest the quilting pirited as A dirty house-cout, mat. If such places na collar, yet only too often some women cuffs or hem are soiled, then tolerate it, always putting off spot-serb the colled portions the washing
chure until to carefully
there are lipstick or rouge on the fabric, Brst logsen Whether the fabric is cot the stain by rubbing glycerine ton, rayon, silk or nylon, the into it, then wash as usual. If best bet is to test-wash the belt soap or other alkalls, are appiled to determine it colours will run; before stain is loosened, they are it quilting is sufficiently close to opt to set it. (avoid "drifting." Good idea is Garment hould be rinsed to test-wash the day before, so several times in clear, luke- that you have a full day for dry- warm water, then hand-wrung, ing the robe.
but not too strenuously. In fact, If belt comes through the teat when you hang the robe, it nicely, then Immerse.garment in should still be dripping water.
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When arranging on the line, it should be hung from the hem rather than the shoulders, to that any breeze will baltoon garment and so speed its drying. From time to time, shake gar- ment to fluff up the inner cotton quilting. Half-way through drying proceAB, slooves should be pulled inside out to permit both sides to dry oqually well
If the garment to hazıd- smoothed from time to time, it may not require pressing. Bet- ter yet, in the final stage, re- hưng an clothes hanger and gently ease and work robe into shape. Finally, using a warm, not hot, iron, press collar, cuffs, tide teams and hem to set the robe's line and give it a smart, Ireal appearance.
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FOR AN 18TH CENTURY DINING ROOM, a carpet patterned with rosy lilacs on a grey ground lends
depth and sharm to the setting,
IN THE WASH
If you always soak your also be washable, buttons, clothes before washing them, shoulder pads, belt lining, thread ene method is to wat, soop, roll, and binding. tape. Of course, and place in, a smali quantity shoulder pads and buttons may of warm water. Some good be removed before washing, but housekeeporn, however, prefer it is always a nuisance to sew to soak their clothes by cover them on again before garment ing them with lukewarm, soapy can be worn,, water for a ́short period, then transforring them to clean suds for waching in the
machine or by hand...
For a lasting shine on your mirrors, wash them will soap- mids, then auķa little starch to the rinse water, · Old news- papers: make a good drier and polisher.
THIS SCULPTURED RUG is at home in almost any room setting. To keep it in top shape, use a carpet sweeper daily, vacuum once a week,
THE GRACEFUL SCROLL DESIGN of this carpet goes well with the softly curved lines. of Provincial furniture. Carpet colours include groy.
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Faded blouses may be treated to a colour bath with all-purpose dyes. If you have enough that
BANANAST
CAKE FROM pan. Bake 45 min, at 350-876" water, yo can tint them HAWAII Into a bowl men, Ceal before slicing. This cake right in the wash bowl,
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Summer awnings need an oc purpose four sp, balding on top elery-boet salad fresh Craftmal coop and water scruby soda, top, baking powder and fruit up ten dr milk bing to keep abres and colours isp. salt. Add alternately to DINNER: Tomato soup; Swiss fresh. Use a long-handled the first, mixture with 1 c. steal with potatoes steamed an washable" fabric is always suitsy brush, and to rinse, simply mashed rips harianas and VC, top) booked vegetablo "salud. the best-buy for your money ahn the garden hoses spray sotte milk or bustermilk. Trans- banorn" sicklar vonce.. The rest of the garment should over thermovie walio w
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