ODDMENTS OF CRETONNE
After making new loose covers for chairs, etc., one is generally left with several pieces of cretonne of various sizes. If there are any straight lengths remaining, it is a good idea to use them for making chairbacks. Pieces can also be put over the arms where soiled marks first show. If these are tacked on they can be easily removed and washed, and they help to keep the covers themselves fresh for a longer period. Cretonne cushion covers look as nice in a country cottage sittingroom as they do in a garden or boat. Beach cushions covered in cretonne are gay, and last clean a long time. If you have enough cretonne, make big bags as well to hold bathing things or needlework. Cretonne boxes are popular, and especially useful in bedrooms. A small packing-case is easily fitted with a hinged lid, and then it can be covered inside and out with cretonne, secured bv tacks or small upholstery nails. Such a box is useful for soiled linen, or hats and furs, and as a workbox. Smaller boxes of cardboard, covered with cretonne, do for gloves, handkerchiefs and collars.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 197, 20 August 1931, Page 4
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193ODDMENTS OF CRETONNE Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 197, 20 August 1931, Page 4
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