COLOURED APPLIQUES.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1930, Page 23 (Supplement)

COLOURED APPLIQUES.

USE ON WHITE LINEN. (By C.A.) • Coloured blankets and coloured sheets are very nice, providing they are in keeping with the colour scheme of the room. White linen, decorated with coloured insets or appliques is even more attractive, especially if finished with touches of embroidery. A set of sheets and pillow cases thus designed would make- a most acceptable gift, and one or two suggestions may, therefore, be useful. The top sheet and pillow-case edges of one set might be cut in scallops and bound., with pale pink linen. Narrow appliques of the same colour could form a basket design above the centre scallop of each, the basket to be filled with embroidered daisies and trailing sprays of foliage. White hemstitched sheets would look well with insertions of . yellow linen, with sprays of buttercups and leaves embroidered at one corner of each, the pillow cases being decorated with -similar insertions and embroideries on a smaller-scale. Another easy "way of trimming a sheet is to give it a three : inches-wide top hem of pink linen, and to work below it a design of pink flowers and leaves in French knots. Some white linen sheets seen recently had appliques of azure blue linen, the flower trail running round each being-done in pale pink and green mercerised cotton.

Turn jn a quarter-inch hem round the edge, press the hem, and tack the applique carefully in place. Then, with line felling stitches, work all round the edge. Where the design forms a right angle, or a sharp curve, it may be necessary to clip the material a little in the hem, so that the patch will lie flat. The stitches should be very small and worked in cotton of the same colour as the applique. Another way of fastening an applique in place is first to tack it in position, and then go all round the edge with close buttonhole stitch. ’ . A NEW OMELET. Ingredients: Three or 4 eggs, 4 tablcspoonsful flour, a lump of. butter, milk as required, sugar, 4 apples, a handful stoneless raisins. Beat the eggs well;, add the flour and beat- again till smooth. Mix in the butter —melted but not hot—sufficient milk to make a thin cream, and sugar to taste, occording to the sweetness of the apples. Peel, core and grate the apples; add them to the mixture with the cleaned dish, turn the mixture in, and bake in a. moderate oven till set and beginning to brown.. Turn on to a dish, sprinkle with sugar, and serve , hot. ROUND ABOUT THE HOUSE. CONDENSED CLEANING HINTS. (By “Housekeeper.”) Clean-all mother-of-pearl articles, with, whiting and cold water, polish with a soft duster, and give a final rub with chamois leather. Clean tinware with flour applied with newspaper. If badly burnt, soak in cold water overnight. Polish the outsides of the pans with dry newspaper, and the ink on the paper will help to keep them bright and lustrous. Clean steel, with finely-sifted coal ash moistened with cold water.. This is even .better than emery, for, it will not scratch the surface. Clean windows with a little flour sprinkled on the polishing duster. The glass will remain lustrous for twice the usual length of time. Clean varnished wall-paper with a flannel dipped in weak, tea,, polishing afterwards with a soft, dry cloth. The • tannin in the tea dispels the dirt and toughens the paper, whereas soap and water have a weakening effect. Clean ivory with a mixture of lemon juice and whiting. Allow the paste to dry on, and finally polish. with a soft dry cloth. If the ivory shows signs of discoloration, slightly warm the cloth before polishing. Clean celluloid by rubbing with good toilet soap moistened in cold water. If the celluloid is bady scratched, add. a pinch or two of finely-powdered pumice stone to the water, rinse, dry well, and give a final polish with a warm chamois leather. Clean rusty spring mattresses with a paste made of whiting and water. Apply with a brush, leave to dry, and polish with dry whiting and potash, using a soft duster. . Clean leather upholstery with hot milk, and dry-polish with beeswax and turpentine. If the leather shows signs of cracking in the folds, rub a. little vaseline once a week until it is soft and pliable again. Clean japanned trays with olive oil, applied on a piece of flannel, and give a final polish with old silk. Clean aluminium cooking utensils with soap and warm water, and polish with a soft cloth after drying them.