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Show ECONOMICAL COVERINGS. "TTn and serlceable floor roverlnc can ho made from pieces of carpet stttch.'d rn the sewing machine. Burlap h-ip-be washed and stitched, nijd with rlentv of newspapers under them will make a warm and serviceable border for a small carpet. One room had tho entire floor covered with burlap pieced together on '.he sewing machine l A warm bed cover, something used on j '.he couch, was a chenille drapery curtain I Pieced out -with denim which once served j ia chair covering. It as lined with crc- ! 'onn whjeh had served as hanging! and r m become faded. Green dye for cotton rc- itorcd the cretonne, which combined very irrttiiy with tho dark red of the portieres I little labor and the cot of the dye waa the only expense. |