FOR YOUR GUEST ROOM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)

FOR YOUR GUEST ROOM.

Memory recalls a delightful week-end spent in a delightful home, where the hostess had herself designed and carried out a garden-like guest-room. One remembers a most delightfully appealing breakfast tray; so daintily merging with tho soft hues of the room, writes an Englishwoman. It was of basketwork surrounding a pale yellow enamel base, the china was bluegrey pottery, with a primrose design worked into e-.ach article, even to the tiny toast-rick, butter-dish, and salt-cel-lar. Surmounting the teapot and egg-cup were \wo of the most charming cosies, decorated with wee bunches of flowers each a pastel shade. The dainty clusters of flowers were cut from little patterns of dressing-gown flannel, as were the cosies themselves. Just a quarter of a yard of apple-green, for tho outside, and printrose-yellow dress-ing-gown flannel made two tea cosie3 and four egg cosies. Each was three-sided; seven inches high and six inches wide, for each side. The cuttings were used for the egg cosies (and flower centres; each si do was shaped like a Gothic arch. .Flowers were made and applied to each side first. White, mauve and pink, tiny five-sided figures were cut, folded corner io corner and a wee bit snipped out. Then a golden centre for tho white, palest yellow for tho nijauve, and white or rose-red for the pink, were cut, and a green bud and stem in one to complete the bunch.

A needlo was threaded with cotton, pushed through from wrong to right side of one Gothic arch, and one petal and centre fixed on its point. A firm catch back to wrong side held it in place. Jiuci and stem, jartistically arranged, the other petals were caught in the same manner, as naturally as deft fingers could manipulate. On one side of tho cosy, six or seven petals and doublo stems were affixed, but three sufficed for the others.

The lining pieces wero nejstly joined with strong running-stitch. The outer pieces were lightly tacked in position over the lining, then, with dark green embroidery silk, and using a crossstitch round all edges and open edge, the cosies were completed.