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Show The Use of Fabric and Thread in Decorating Homes of Tomorrow r ' CURTAINS OVER WALLS-' H B o g TEXTURED FURNITURE fl-f l,r7rrs2 coverings-adequate ! aaKpqfl LIGHTING ANrt simple , !. .Kg,1'SV)( MODERN TABLES ! K.'ffr j BEFOREI ' A 1 Tl 1 ftFTER . SHABBY t rmrTT of no i BMfinnnnilin I I SPECIAL ffl! i ; STYLE U fHll II I Pi : MAY BE , I ! I L made nf-! wdLPiilli modern 1 , tr, "1 ; --'7?S-r igHgllliinlili 1 TF YOU are dreaming about redecorating re-decorating after the war and who is not put this in your note book. There will be a more lavish use of fabric in home decoration than ever before. There will be many new types of textiles and many new weaves. Fabrics will be designed to wear longer and to stay clean longer. A feeling of spaciousness will be obtained by blotting out some walls with curtains. cur-tains. Irregular or badly proportioned propor-tioned spaces will be brought into harmony by covering parts of them ; and small windows will be I made to seem high and wide by covering the wall around them. The homemaker who can sew a straight seam will save many a dollar for she may have curtains ot any length, width or fullness merely by stitching straightwidths together. And here is a decorators decora-tors tip for her-allow a hundred and fifty per cent fullness if French pleats are to be used at the tops of curtains; and set the machine for a long stitch for speed. Clip selvages sel-vages every few inches to avoid puckered seams and hems. NOTE You do w v, . home of tomorrow to have the attractive coffee table shown in this sketch. It TZl ma, e frm Straight cuts f '"mber A map, a favorite print or a piece of hand work may be placed under the glass ton to give a decorative effect A n, M. '""No. 254 and dolose 15 cents Address: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS ; Bedford Hills New York I Drawer 10 Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 254. ( Name j Address j |