REJUVENATING OLD CUSHIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 657, 8 May 1929, Page 5

REJUVENATING OLD CUSHIONS

Oushiona are dear to the heart ot vary home lover and it is often with sigh of regret that the housewife re®o ves a worn covcr au! * decides it [s no longer fit for use. Good cushion covers are expensive, hcrwever, and if renovation is at all possible, it is well worth the time and trouble. -Father’s favourite cushion” may have been badly burned in one corner by a cigarette or pipe. Quite a large hole can be hidden most successfully by a silk motif appliqued across the cover. These motifs in the shape ot birds, butterflies or flowers can be bought very cheaply, and the range of colours is so great that it is possible to get them to match any shade of cushion cover. A SUNRAY SCHEME A more elaborate method of renovation for a cushion with a badlytorn corner is to cut a fan-shaped piece large enough to cover the worn corner from a remnant of black or brown silk. Place this over a thin layer of cotton wool to give it a padded effect, and tack it on the cushion. Next cut a number ot large sunflower petals from any yellow or gold material, and slip-stitch them to the fan-shaped patch. Cover the bottom of the petals with a piece of cord and bind the whole of the cushion with the same cord. This “sunray” effect on a self-coloured material is very pleasing. Now take the cushion that is worn in the centre from vigorous “punchings.” If the cover is of a floral or patterned design a broad band of selfcoloured material placed diagonally from corner to corner and edged with coloured braid is effective. Then there is the sun-faded cushion which shows up so shabb?r and worn. It the faded patch is in the centre it is a good plan to place a large square of flowered silk —a man’s new silk handkerchief is just the thing—across the centre, thus forming a square within a square. The edges of the silk square can be hidden under gold braid and the whole cushion bound with the same braid. CORNER PIECES

Where the corners have become faded the renovation is simple. Triangles of material placed across each corner secured by a heavy gold braid make an attractive and original cover. Finally, it an extra cushion is desired do not despise the single size eiderdown which is "off duty” in hot weather. Properly arranged, it makes an excellent bolster cushion. Roll up the eiderdown and tack down the loose side. Over each rolled end place a "cap” of silk of a suitable colour and from the centre ot each cap hang a coloured tassel. Cover the edges ot the “cap” where it joins the eiderdown with braid, the same colour ns the tassels, and the “new” cushion is cunplete—at very little cost.