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Show Woman's World Make Tablecloths, Napkins i From Bright Linen Toweling (Bit rtta J4aLti BEAUTIFULLY set tables take on their appeal not only from the carefully prepared food we serve, but to a great extent from the attractive setting we lay it on. No meal need be dull if it is accompanied accom-panied with a crisp, bright tablecloth table-cloth or doilies and napkins to match. Then, too, there's no need to limit the lovely decorative effect to the table if you can improve the room in another way. If you have your dining or breakfast table set next to a window, you might even make matching curtains out of the same material you've used for doilies or tablecloth. If you've discovered, as have many other women, that good table-eloths table-eloths and doilies are high in price,1 have you considered the possibilities possibili-ties of Irish linen toweling? This toweling, which is made in such good looking plaids and prints and stripes, is ideal for informal dining. The colors and designs are so lovely, it would be blindness to limit its usefulness to drying dishes. Suppose you're a new bride who has received, among other gifts, some plaid or crossbarred linen dish towels. What you actually need most is a casual cloth for the dinette din-ette table. Just join four towels with ric-rac braid, and there's your table eloth. If you have any of this toweling by the yard, it's very easy to make into place mats. These need hem-Ming hem-Ming only on two sides. If your table is somewhat larger, you may use the same toweling for Gay Toweling j -s ; ;-H i . f r 1 f i i l W ' v . v ,;. . j. f, ,., - - ... . ( fill .., , ' ' 1 ! :," 1 -. fifi :r- , , i I i is t j r-'Ti V--4- - It's easy to add decorative notes to your home with Irish linen dish toweling. This yard goods may be converted to frame kitchen and dining room windows and also to make splo and span doilies. The bold block plaid of green on white is gay and cheerful, cheer-ful, and the smooth texture with j its easy washability assures last- j ing beauty with v,a minimum of apkecp. rwnners down the center. And It's easy enough to make napkins out of i tiie toweling and trim them if you kke with a ric-rac, lace or contrasting contrast-ing colored tape, as you prefer. j Usa Plenty of Color j To Brighten Room One of the. most attractive features fea-tures of place mats such as this is that they can be used as a definite part of the color scheme of the room. You may aot only have the Brighten th dining table .', place mats to go with the color scheme of the room but you may make curtains out of the same material ma-terial for your dinettes, breakfast nooks and kitchens. A bold green and white plaid for curtains and valance at the window and for place mats on the table will capture the freshness of spring for autumn-dull days. Stripes also work out well for eurtain and place mat enserbbles. Their gay eolors make a cheerful frame to dinette and kitchen windows win-dows and gives a pleasant background back-ground for any of the popular styles of casual dinnerware. Printed toweling is more limited in variety than the stripe or plaid, but the patterns are fresh and gay. You'll be able to find a scroll print done on white on both pastel and bright color backgrounds that is very attractive with a very plain room or even an early American oona. A little less sophisticated pattern pat-tern is made up of fat little apples done in soft colors on white lovely in a French provincial dining al-eove. al-eove. Use a Variety of Styles and Edgings In order to make mats that are really fitting for your particular dining problem, I'd suggest that you experiment with pieces of paper to determine the best size not only for your table but also for your dishes. Use a complete 'table setting on one of the paper mati and make the minor adjustments that are the difference between a good or a bad fit. Let your table show through between the mats. Determine your napkin sizes as earefully as you do the place mat sizes. Sometimes you'll find that napkins are just too tiny for any useful purpose. On the other hand, you don't have to have dinner-sized napkins for breakfast or luncheon. There arc many different stylei of edging you might like for these place mat and doily sets. There ire simple laces, of course, ric-rac, -bindings that pick up the colors that are used in the doily sets, etc., if you do not want to use just a plain hem. You may make your own lace or buy it, but if you are using linen, you should select the proper weight . of lace for the proper material. You do not necessarily have to use law Whk attractive doilies. on both the mat and the napkin, a lace is often used on only one or the other. Scallops are another type of trin ming which are -easily made and can be quite effective on place mats and napkins. It's best to use a solid colored material if you are going to use a scallop trimming. Edge-Stitcher on Machine Is Real Time-Saver If you have an edge stitcher witi your machine it might be wise use that for sewing an edge mats and napkins. The stitcher holds the lace, insertion or both or ribbon or braid without drawing 1 tight or holding it full. When you use a delicate fabric, it's a wise procedure to sew orti newspaper or tissue paper as speeds the sewing and is a grea1 protection to a lightweight fabric. Upon reaching a corner that is f be mitered with the edge stitcher, try to stitch the outside edge first pivot on the needle, fcen proceed with the new row. ( If yow are using several rowi d edging as you would on some of lb fancier pieces o linen, ftie stitch is a great convenience. Experime with it for a quarter of an hour, d you'U see it has enormous po"' sibilities. Be Smart 'SI Touches that distinguish the first of the season hats . . . much horizontal width, as shown in tb Northridge model at left . . . richness of materials, luxuriously luxuri-ously soft felts, fine metal brocades, bro-cades, and many, many uses of feathers. Wings and high standing stand-ing ornamentation, as shown in the Reich man design at the right, ara arrestingly new. |