Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1916 — POPULAR TEA COZY COVER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POPULAR TEA COZY COVER

One of the Handsomest That Has Been Devised —May Be Made .of Odd Bits of Material. The cozy cover here illustrated is an ideal one as regards handsome effect, hard wearing and economy. It is made of net, the roses and foliage being cut out of odd pieces ot cretonne and appliqued on the net, or simply kept in position by a few stitches here and there. The color of the net is a matter of choice —it may be cream, white or

black. Black- looks most effective and is at the moment most fashionable. The slip of net is then just put over a dozy pad, which may be had very cheaply and in almost any color, so there is no difficulty about the foundation. To get the right size of the net cover, put the pad on a piece of paper, and draw a shape round it, then cut out a piece of th ft - n et_.douhled~.tQ the shape. Before sewing the two halves together, cut out from odd pieces of chintz, print or cretonne, some flowers and foliage to the clean outline of them. AiTiuige this decoration one each side of the cover as in the illustration, and