DISH-CLOTH DECORATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 5

DISH-CLOTH DECORATIONS

Has it ever occurred to you that those open-mesh dishcloths, which cost about threepence-ha’penny each, can be used to make all kinds of fascinating things for home? They are roughly a yard square, of string colour, and they wear such a long time. Two of the cloths joined together will make one of a pair of cottage curtains. Thick carpet wool in bright colours such as orange, royal blue, rose, and jade green should be darned in rows along the bottom, to make a bordering. A. few similar rows might be worked along the join. Flat cushions for plain wooden chairs might also be covered with the dishcloths, darned to match the curtains. Plain Windsor chairs, painted with the same colour as the woodwork in a sitting room, would look very attractive cushioned in darned dish-

cloths. Table runners and sideboard cloths could be made, too. Raffia work also lends itself well to dishcloth decoration. Two cloths joined together on three sides to make a mending bag might be covered all over with huge roses and daisies and buttercups in shiny raffias. Cottage bedspreads can be made out of raffiaworked dishcloths. Four joined together should make a counterpane big enough for a medium-sized bed, and the embroideries could be arranged to cover all the joins, forming a big cross. Two dishcloths would fashion a dear little play frock for Miss Six-years-old! The neck and sleeve edges could be bound with scarlet cotton, to match the hem-binding, and big red raffia flowers and leaves will make a delightful trimming round the border of the skirt. Such a frock won’t cost more than a shilling, which can’t be called exorbitant. —R.M.