OCR Text |
Show ADORNING THE GUEST ROOM Particularly Effective Touches May Be Given to Draperies, Especially if They Are of Cretonne. If you have cretonne draperies in your guest room there are many attractive at-tractive articles you can make to add comfort and beauty to the room. Purchase cretonne to match, or, if this is impossible, a design showing the same coloring. Lovely bureau scarfs are fashioned by cutting the cretonne the exact dimensions of the bureau top. Cover this with white marquisette and between be-tween the top and the china silk lining place one thickness of cotton wadding. W'hipstitch the edges together and finish them with a narrow edging of gold lace. ' The marquisette softens the colors of the cretonne, producing a pastel effect. A rectangular sofa cushion can be made of the same materials, and is particularly beautiful when ornamented ornament-ed with a large flat bow of ribbon in one corner. In rose designs the cretonne is extremely ex-tremely artistio when veiled with marquisette. mar-quisette. For the dressing table a long pincushion pin-cushion should be made to match. Finish, either end with a rosette of satin ribbon. Frames for sewing stands can be purchased to match any wood, and it would be nice to supply your guest room with one with a cretonne. top to match the draperies. Cover the cretonne with the marquisette' mar-quisette' and line it with china silk. Gather this with a heading to the frame and finish each corner with a bow of ribbon. The top hangs pocketlike pocket-like from the frame and holds all the articles necessary for mending. This is a very useful article, and the well-appointed well-appointed guest room should be supplied sup-plied with, sewing stand. |