Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1915 — FIRST TEST THE CRETONNE [ARTICLE]

FIRST TEST THE CRETONNE

Cheaper Grade Not Always a Good Investment —Makes Excellent Furniture Coyer, A cheap cretonne is not always a good Investment, as it often becomes thin after a few weeks’ wear and looks more like a coarse muslin than a good cretonne, so before investing in a lowpriced material it should be tested. To do this take a small piece and rub it thoroughly as if washing. If the threads separate and it becomes thin, it will wear badly, and is not really economical, no matter how cheap the price, but if it passes this ordeal it will probably last as long and wear as well as a much highei>priced one. A cretonne with a dark background is fAr more serviceable than one of lighter coloring, and need not make the room appear dark if some cheerful tones are introduced into the floral design. „ To cover furniture is not really such a difficult task as many would imagine, provided a reliable pattern can be obtained, and it is first carefully pinned to the sofa or chair and fitted so that .any parts which are too large or too small can be altered and arranged. Cretonne is generally 30 inches wide, and a full-sized sofa requires six years. - When cutting the cover for the sofa the pieces for covering the arms most be laid, before cutting, with their right sides together, or when cut it may be found that they are both for the right or left, and this would involve an enormous waste of material. Also the .patfern should be planned in encE a way that the design will ran np the seat

and back of the sofa, and over the sides, or arms, and the pattern must be carefully matched in the center, where the material will be joined.