COVERING CHAIR SEATS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)

COVERING CHAIR SEATS

SOME EFFECTIVE DESIGNS The chair on Sheraton lines with a seat which lifts out from its frame gives ample opportunity for the display of ingenuity in the covering, and when a set of such chairs is in ques tion, the effect will be the more interesting if a different method is adopted for each. For instance, if you happen to pos sess a Georgian waistcoat. left ovci from the days when gentlemen wore silken embroideries to such articles, you will find that, by joining up the two fronts, you will have just suffi cient to cover a chair-seat, the twe embroidered bonders being b rough’ together down the centre. In the same way, a Victorian palerine of the flower-strewn silk that was so fash louable in the mid 19th century wil usually yield sufficient material ir good condition to cover the seat of one or more chairs. Old woolwork banner screens, if the shaped base be cut away, are as t rule just wide enough to form a chan seat. If not, a border of strong fur nishing satin can be given all rounc with good effect. These banners car still be picked up for quite smaL sums, and, if no longer fresh in col our, will usually revive in a petro bath. Beautiful covers are to be contrived from the embroidered ends of Turkish guest towels, the stitchery being so close that a durable surface is produced. For greater service, the embroidery should be backed witii strong linen or crash. Those who have qualified in leather work, and made for themselves decorative bags and pochettes, will find that the same means will apply equally wcl to eather chair seats. The introduction of a little mellow and subdued colour will give great richness to the tooling. Dull greens and rods and soft deep orange stand out excellently from a brown background. M.H. PLAY-SUITS ARE PRACTICAL Anything that is likely to make the small child self-supporting in the direction of amusement is worth the respectful attention of his mother, whether she be obliged to look after her offspring unaided. No finer co-operator in keeping children entertained is to be found than a play-suit. The Red Indian suit is a great favourite. A short tunic, accompanied by long trousers, may bo made in brown casement cloth for a few shillings, stripes to the trouser-legs and border for the tunic being made from a scarlet woollen braid.

Tail feathers from game and poultry should be collected in advance, dried in the oven, pierced at the quill ends and sewn with strong twine or thin string to a wide band of ribbon long enough to tie with a bow and ends. The South Sea Islander suit is another that lends itself admirably to games of various descriptions. Choose for this a casemenA cloth in the hue of a sun-tanned skin and make tho suit in one piece, fastening like a romper down the centre of the back. Buy several hanks of garden bass or of raffia and knot strands of this on Io a waist-belt, the fringe reaching just past the knees. Plenty of bead necklaces and of ornaments mftde from sea-shells will complete the costume. Animal suits can be made from suitablv printed materials. M.L.