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Show WOMAN'S WORLD Any Room Can Be Made Charming With Gay Slip Covers Keep Sink Sanitary By Ertta Haley TJEMEMBER WHEN the slip cover was a dust protector? It's not so long ago when we slipped them over the furniture and then prayed we would be able to remove them before anyone would see them! Sometime ago slipcovers came out of their hiding, and how very fortunate they did! Now, they are stars in their own right and can make almost any room in the home, one of fresh beauty and charm. Thoueh some mav think of slio- " i , 'Mm X " f' . Slip Covers Give Cue to Cblors In redecorating a room you may choose the covers first, and then base the color choice of the room on the materials used. Small rooms should have solid colors as they seem to make it less crowded. The larger rooms can be filled nicely, and economically, with the prints, plaids or floral designs. Combination slip covers are just as easy to make as those in one material. ma-terial. If you want to freshen and brighten the room with design, have the seat and back of a couch or chair done in plaid or floral while the arms and bottom carry a solid color. The solid used should match as closely as possible one of the pre-dominant colors in the print or plaid. In using these combinations of fabrics, you can go still further in the decorating scheme by adding a touch of print or plaid to lamp shades or for picture frames used near the furniture to be covered. In large rooms, you can make your conversational groups each in a different combination. It's effective effec-tive to have a fireplace group done in print, whereas a group near a window or wall can be in a solid tone, matching a color in the print group, or done in a shade lighter or darker than the wall color. Add Expensive Look With Smart Patterns Basic furniture can be Inexpensive, Inexpen-sive, and even second-hand if it's well made, repaired and clean. The proper slip cover can make it look several times what you paid for it. Take, for example, the .sofa or couch which must double as a bed at night. One of the nicest types of covers for this is a dust ruffle attached at-tached to a slip that fits under the mattress. The scalloped throw will hide the bed, and make it look like, a comfortable couch. It is, however, easy to remove when you make up the bed. Suppose you have a floral chair or studio couch and want to give the room a tailored look. A textured, solid material done in a tailored type will do the trick of conversion. The bottom may have de'ep pleats all-around all-around the chair or couch, or it may simply have deep kick pleats at the corners. ' Two chairs which you want to use in a grouping may have same lines, but their covers are at odds. Make matching slip covers, and they'll look like twins. Boudoir chairs are comfortable for bedrooms because they're soft yet firm enough to sit in while dressing. If you want to give a new look to an old one, slip cover it in velveteen, one of the jeweled colors so popular now. Keep Slip Covers Clean, Fresh Because of the ease with which they zip on and off, you can maintain main-tain greater cleanliness with slip covers. Small spots should be treated treat-ed immediately. Place cardboard or I newspapers underneath the cover while doing spot removal, so you do not stain the muslin or original fabric. covers as something with which to hide worn, dirty and unattractive upholstery, they're something more. People starting a home frequently frequent-ly buy muslin covered pieces, and plan to slip cover furniture during the course of its life. You see, slipcovers . may be changed every time you want to change .the color scheme of a room, and this may happen twice a year, and certainly two or three times during furniture life. People like slip covers so well they have both a summer and winter win-ter set, and thus make possible two different rooms. i Slip covers enable you to simplify your cleaning. In dirty localities where dust and soot abound, you can whisk them off, launder them and have a fresh room, much more readily than cleaning the upholstered up-holstered pieces. Change the wall colors, and you can change slip covers, much more Want dishwashing to be an art instead of a chore? Then make it part of your dishwashing dishwash-ing routine to pour one tablespoon table-spoon of an approved chemical ' drain cleaner down the sink to prevent clogged drains which cause sewer germs to lurk near the sink as well as food and dishes. dish-es. It's more fun, too, to wash dishes when the drain is clear, clean and fast running. any cutting or sewing, for in this way you'll do the shrinking, and then you'll never have to worry about not having slip covers to fit perfectly. Wet the material thoroughly and stretch out to dry. It may be pressed before you sew, or even start the cutting. Professional shrinking service is available in some communities, and can also be used. The price is usually usual-ly based on the number of yards of material used. Enlist all the sewing aids available avail-able for your slip cover project. These include zippers for the covers in place of snaps, for they'll save time in putting on as machines can be used to attach them. It's also easier to remove and replace the slip covers with zippers. Choose new patterns. . . . easily and less expensively than buying new upholstery. If the room needs cheering and brightening, you can add a new slipcover or perhaps dye an old set. How much easier than trying to change the furniture! Lines of furniture can be changed with slip covers, too, to make them more pleasing. The covers will hide ugly, chunky furniture legs, as well as disguising other unattractive lines. Amateur Bands, If Deft Can Make Slip Covers No one need be a professional to put together a set of slip covers. Not only the proper types of fabrics are available for the job, but you can buy patterns to help you, if unable to make your own. The project involves much material, mate-rial, for an upholstered chair will take ten yards, more or less, of material. ma-terial. The sewing, however, is simple sim-ple and not in the least tricky, especially es-pecially if you have fitted the cover on chair or sofa and basted before you attempt machine stitching. Those who have experience with slip covers will tell you the best kind of material to get is that which is sanforized. You may not dream of laundering the covers at home, but you may find it necessary, because be-cause it's speedy and economical. Many of the heavier fabrics are now pre-shrunk when you buy them. Indian head in luscious colors is available, as are the cotton chintz and crash types. Those which are not sanforized should be shrunk before you attempt bright colors for effect. Pinking shears can now be purchased pur-chased at reasonable prices and should be used for finishing the edges, particularly if you're using a fabric that ravels easily. Use durable thread 'and adjust stitching to material so that sewing will be secure. Then the covers will not need constant mending where seams have sprung loose. |