DOLL’S HOUSE FURNITURE

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1929, Page 20

DOLL’S HOUSE FURNITURE

Several Tinkites have written for in- i structions for making doll’s house furniture, so this week we will tell you how to fashion a divan and an ayinchair for Mrs. Doll’s drawing r oom. You will only need some cardboard, a little cotton wool, and some scraps of gay chintz, so the materials will not cost much. The divan is made on the foundation of a small flat cardboard box —one about four inches long, 2t inches wide, and roughly an inch high; see Diagram A. Cut a cork into four equal slices, and glue one p’ece on to each of the four bottom corners of the box to form feet for the divan. Now arrange two or lthree layers of cotton wool across the top of the box cut a piece of chintz ! half an inch bigger all round and lay this over the cotton wool, stitching it on firmly. The next thing is to cut a strip of chintz, half as long again as the circumference of the box and an inch and a-half deep. Make a wee hem along one edge, join the two short sides together, turn in the other long edge, and gather this up to ft tightly round the box. Regulate the fulness carefully as you go, and sew the frill all round the edge of the divan. You can make a wee bolster cushion, covered in simliaf chintz, for the head of the couch, and if you’ve any other scraps of material you might fashion one or two square cushions as well.

To make Mrs. Doll’s easy chair, cut a strip of thin card, 9 inches long and lij inches wide —Diagram B. Join the two short sides together with paperclips, and then cut the back of the chair, like Diagram C. Cover both sides of this card with chintz, slip it down inside the circular card B, and fasten the two together witli more clips. Diagram .E shows you exactly how to manage this. Cut a circle cf cardboard to fit across B for a seat; pad the top with cotton wool and cover it with chintz, then push it into position and keep it firm with two or three stitches where needed. Cut a strip of chintz two inches long, and one and a-half times the circumference cJ the circular card B; hem the bottom, join the short sides, gather the top, and sew it round the chair. You can stitch a coloured cord round all the edges if the joins show too much. Then, with a fat cushion in a contrasting colour arranged in the chair, you have finished ever such an attractive addition to tho doll’s furnishing scheme. —Wendy’s dressmaker.

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