HANDKERCHIEF QUILTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19269, 5 January 1931, Page 4

HANDKERCHIEF QUILTING.

Handkerchief quilting is an attractive new form of colour quilting which is cheap, entails very little work, ond gives opportunities for some very charming gifts. The idea is to take handkerchiefs patterned with coloured designs, pad them with cotton wool and quilt all round the ready-made design. Lay the handkerchief over a piece of cotton wool the same size, back that with a square of cheap cotton material, and tack the three layers very thoroughly together—all round the edges and across both ways inside. Now quilt the whole design in running stitch (back stitch is unnecessary trouble, for the coloured design stands out so clearly) matching the different colours in the pattern. Join the top edge of the quilting to a pocket you have made to match the ground colour of the handkerchief and bind it with narrow ribbon.

The new Secretary of State of Louisiana (U.S.A.) is a girl of twenty-four, Miss Alice Lee Grosjean. Her predecessor died in the morning, and by noon Miss Grosjean had accepted the position and taken the oath of office. Married at fifteen, she became a private secretary at eighteen, and at twenty-one was divorced from her husband. Her salary is £I2OO a year.