Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1911 — Hand-Made Rugs. [ARTICLE]

Hand-Made Rugs.

In our grandmother’s day spare moments were spent in cutting rags to be braided or woven into rugs when occasionally comes upon some of these ocasoinally comes upon some of these rugs made in the long ago, which were so deftly fashioned that they are well worth preserving. The modern woven rugs of cotton goods are now to be had In every conceivable combination of color and in many sixes and designs. Nothing prettier for cottage üße can be found than these. This season there is another rug being shown in the shops, which recalls the past—the braided rug. Instead of rags, rush is used. The rugs are usually oval or round, and tfre just the thing for cottage or porch. Usually a single braid of the colored rush is used to form a finish or border.