Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1880 — A Nice Bed Covering. [ARTICLE]

A Nice Bed Covering.

White bed spreads are the nicest outside coverings for a bed, as they can be easily washed, and, when clean, are always as good as new. A very pretty -design for one is made by taking two breadths of unbleached, forty-inch cotton cloth, and sewing it together in the middle. Five yarns and a half is a great plenty. A box of stocking yarn, No. 8, is needed. Sew the cloth on quilting frames as you would a bed quilt. Stretch it smoothly, then with a chalk and line mark it comer-wise, in diamond form, having the checks about an inch and a half in size, then with a large needle, and a yard of cotton yam threaded, take a stitch an iachin length, bring the needle back half way, keep the stitches close together, so it will look like a small cord ; it is very rapidly done, if you like to do it. A knot in the center of each diamond looks pretty. A row of Roman heraldry all round the quilt is a pretty finish. A hand hem finishes up the spread, and it *is a nice, durable article that will last for years ; is easy to wash and is as heaw as is needed.— Ex.