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Show Page SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1951 T1IE JOURNAL 10 WOMAN'S WORLD The Way it Happened . . . Slip Cover Designs Add Color to Rooms By Ertta Haley YOURE WHETHER seamstress an who A plaid chair and sofa for example can have a cover to slip over the back. Make this in plain fabric can touch any material and turn it into it. ed Fortunately theres a wide selec- tion of this available, and many of the materials can be picked up at sales for such reasonable prices that its plain laziness not to take advantage of the spice they can add to your home. Even one chair, if its important to the room can lift the furnishings to a new plane. Then, as time goes by you can gradually remake the room by adding other slipcovers in keeping with the first one, as long as the tempo has been well set. Fitting is the important thing in making the cover, but this is easily solved. The sewing really doesnt amount to a great deal, and as most corner and skirt finishes can change a traditional cover into something ' ..... .. - This little feminine suit of navy crepe, moderately priced, is designed in New York for all purpose wear. The collarless jacket is scalloped up in front and buttoned into green-pipe- d buttonholes. Its a perfect companion for warm weather when combined with a tailored but lacy hat and a white boutonniere pinned just below the shoulder. with draped corners Arm and head rest covers for your favorite easy chair will keep it neat and clean. Make these with straight edges, tailored, if its a plain large chair. These should fit over back, several inches down from the top, and come two or three inches over the arms on each side as well as at the front. If your chair seats take lots of wear, plan to make covers that tie under the seat with tapes to keep them properly anchored. Partial covers for ottomans can be made to slip over the top and come down on the sides for two or three inches. Make them snug enough so they dont slip off. Dress Up Plain Chairs With Colorful Covers Chairs for bed and dressing rooms can be ruffled and very decorative but the fabrics for them are usually Old curtains and inexpensive. well as as sheets, tabledraperies cloths and dressing table skirts can frequently yield enough material for the chairs if there is enough durable material remaining in them to be worth the sewing. Floor length skirts for bedroom chairs can cover the legs or rungs of an old dining room or straight-backe- d living room. The back and seat of the chair can be covered with a plain boxed pattern and the skirt with knife pleated material or flounce. Vary Skirt Finish To Change Style The style of almost any easy or lounging chair in the living or bed- room can be varied with its slipcover. Lines may be hidden, lines can be changed with the covering alone, and most of the change can come in the skirt or in the comer treatment. If you want to buy a pattern for a chair, then buy a simple style with classic box pleats in the skirt since this is the classic skirt finish. This may be used with almost any style of furniture. If you want the easiest style to make, then buy a skirt with a flounce. Use this in informally furnished rooms. Another good style to buy, for patterns, is the straight skirt with simple pleats at the corners. Then, if you wish, you can make an extra skirt pattern out of tissue paper when you want variety. For formal rooms, for example, you may finish the skirt with fringe, and this is usually set right on top of a plain skirt. Fringed skirts are at home in Victorian, modern or traditional rooms. Shaped skirts are good in all types of rooms, as long as the shaping harmonizes with the room. Take the scalloped skirt, for instance. The simple round or oval scallops are best in informal settings. Inverted pleating at the corners of a chair make the piece at home in modern or tailored settings. In traditional rooms you might like to hide ponderous or portruding legs Vary Sofa Styles To Add Interest Its surprising what effect you can an old sofa or studio couch give with smart slipcovering. An just overstuffed sofa which for many years has had a floral covering can become a brand new and interesting piece if you will use a lovely shade of plain material. If the draperies are floral, you might cut out flowers from them and applique them to the plain material, on back or arms, depending upon the size of the spray or blossom. A layer of cotton between the plain material and the applique will help the applique stand out for good effect. Panelled sofa covers are excellent if your home is modern. The panelled effect can be achieved by quilting over thick cotton lining. This treatment may be used on the back as well as the sides, with seat covers and front left plain. Tailored sofas can be given a sectional look, too, if you will do them in two kinds of material. Use a plain material on sides and center panel, with floral, striped or geometric material on the two end seats. Use Part-Tim- e Covers To Keep Them Fresh Upholstered furniture can be kept bright and attractive looking, as well as decorative if you want to make part-tim- e slipcovers, or just covers for those parts like head and arms which soil most easily. Think of how easy they are to make, and how quickly they can be whisked in and out of the laundry back to chairs and sofas! You can also save wear and tear on furniture and their own covers if you have these miniature slipcovers. was already well-pai- h d. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Well Fitting Pair for Matrons Bare Top Dress extreme- ly charming bare top dress and jacket combination in larger sizes. Soft contrast trims the dress IJERE is a simple yet and forms the neat rolled collar. Pattern No. 1247 is a sew-rit- e perforated pattern in sizes 36, 38, 52. Size 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, bolero, dress, 34 yards of 39-inc- 1 yards; h; yards contrast. 1 The Spring and Summer STYL- IST is filled with ideas for smart summer sewing. It contains fabric news, special features; gift patterns printed inside the book. Send 25 cents today. Pattern Should the room be less formal, and you still want to hide or disguise faulty chair legs, use flounced corners. This treatment is especially good for informal rooms, and for those ugly cabriole legs. of it is straight, and on good materials, this offers no problem. Slip covers can be as individual as the seamstress herself, and she need not limit herself to patterns. With a change, and simple at that, apt to bring forth many a compliment through the years. 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The Better Business Bureau revealed that at least four imitation checks (face value: $134.95; cash value : $0.00), issued by a union as promotion material had been cashed. and use large scallops for finishing a lovely creation or a beginner with Ideas and the desire to learn, you can make slipcovers of unusual beauty and design. A perfectly ordinary room can change its appearance as a woman with a new hat, and you can have a different room twice a year or with every season. Slipcovers made or purchased from professionals are expensive and thus limit many homes to one set. Made by the woman of the home, there are several sets available because the expense is so small. 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