A SIMPLE WAY OF QUILTING
The best materials to use for quilt
ing are good sateen, satin, or silk, and cotton-tvool for the interlining. Lay the material to be quilted face downwards on the table, and over it put the layer of cotton wool, covered with a piece of thin muslin on which you have drawn or ironed off the design. The reason for marking the design on the muslin is that you can then stitch it on the wrong side, and ao lines or markings of the pattern will show on the right side between the stitches. Tack all three layers neatly together, round the edges, diagonally, and crossways. Now start the quilting, following the design with small running stitches, and pull ing the thread just the least bit tighter than the material. A COT COVER A cot cover might be made in two sections, back and front being quilted in different patterns when the added thickness of the double padding will make the quilt very warm. i
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 998, 14 June 1930, Page 21
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