Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1912 — MAKES PRETTY TABLE COVER [ARTICLE]

MAKES PRETTY TABLE COVER

Monk's Cloth Appliqued With Linen Figures Is One of the Best Forms Yet Devised. The woman who is interested in needlework as employment for the long winter evenings will enjoy making a table cover or scarf of monk’s cloth appliqued with linen figures. Cut the cloth the size you desire of a very dark green shade and baste in a two-inch hem all around for a square cover —and at each end on a scarfthen cut out fancy figures from natural colored linen, using either flowers simple in design, leaves like the clover and oak, hearts, circles or small triangles. Baste these on the cloth just above the hem and sew them fast by buttonholing around with rope floss in a burnt-orange shade. One clever girl made a table scarf, cushion cover and window curtain to correspond for her room at college of monk’s cloth appliqued with figures representing books, dumbbells, Indian clubs and various things associated with college life. One advantage of the work is that It is quickly done and when finished is very attractive. J,