HOME MADE MATS ARE DELIGHTFUL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 970, 13 May 1930, Page 5

HOME MADE MATS ARE DELIGHTFUL

INEXPENSIVE AND SIMPLE TO FASHION Plain cocoa matting;, obtainable by the yard, at bargain price, can be used to make delightful little mats. It wears well, the soft brown colour blends with nearly every furnishing scheme and when it is decorated with vivid carpet braid, the effect is extremely good. A yard and a-half of 36-inch wide matting makes a mat of suitable size for the side of a bed, or the front of a dressing table or bureau. The cut ' ends are bound with the braid, which

s one and a-half to two inches wide, ■ uid braid strips are stitched across I Tie mat, two inches apart.* Suppose the binding is emerald I zreen, the cross-bands might be emer- I aid green and scarlet, and they will I Look better still if they are sewn down I with contrasting rug wool. If th£ wool j does not go through the matting easily, sew* the braid on with thread, and then couch down the wool at the sides. Old bath-sheets can be turned into different kinds of mats just as easily. Such a sheet is folded into four, so that the worn parts go against each other and then machined througn in squares to keep the folds together. The edge of the mat may be buttonholed with coloured rug-wool, and applique ducks or rabbits will make it a fascinating bath-square for Baby. The towel could be dyed before being decorated, if desired, and the edge might then be bound with washable bias binding.