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…Color Scheme…To Please

March 28, 1933
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A portion of a Beauty in the Home column including a discussion of a red, white and blue color scheme, letters from Quilt Club Corner members, a coupon for Quilt Club membership, a form to order The Detroit News Wonder Package, and an advertisement for the 22nd quilt block in the Horoscope quilt.
Beauty in the Home
...Color Scheme..To Please

by Edith B. Crumb
This department seeks to give assistance to all who are interested in beautifying their homes and will be glad to answer questions pertaining to interior decoration. In order to serve all who, seek advice promptly no more than three problems will be discussed in any one reply. Readers are invited to write to this department as often as they wish, but to limit each letter to three questions. State your question clearly write on only one side of the paper, enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope and address Beauty in the Home department, Detroit News. Letters with their answers will be published for the benefit of all homemakers but names and addresses will not be made public.

By EDITH B. CRUMB.

THE red, white and blue scheme has taken a firm hold on the decorating world and seems to have come to stay. It is versatile and as “at home” in the dignified room as in the informal one, and in the accompanying illustration is shown an unusually effective scheme with white as a prominent note.

The little jog at the right was a really blessing in disguise instead of an annoyance, as this bit of wall space sometimes turns out to be; for it has allowed for the installation of some narrow open shelves that just seem to set off the corner and give it a real dashing personality.

By the use of wall board this same effect could be created at the left of the windows, “faking” a jog, if one has not been fortunate enough to have one already there. A pair of shelves as shown would be so much more attractive than a lone one for balance is very important in a room of this type.

Polka dots, checks and plaids are as popular for wall treatments as for dresses; and, after all, one often finds in the dress goods department as well as the department of interior decoration simple materials which may be used for window treatments, dressing table skirts, bedspreads, etc., if an informal room is to be created.

A red, white and blue scheme with plaid paper might be accomplished by selecting paper with a white ground and red and blue cross-bars forming the plaids. With this there should be white woodwork and ceiling.

The floor covering might be of dark blue carpeting and the cover-…(clipping cut off)
(clipping continued from different point)…flower containers which would be very smart for a room such as this and the arrangement as shown is a very pleasant one if one is fond of flowers and wishes to have them as window decorations.

Pottery for the center of the table should be white and the shades for the electrical fixtures of this would be most harmonious with the scheme.

While either red or blue would be interesting for the interior of the corner cupboards, white might be considered the most appropriate choice for this particular room, as the plaid paper supplies sufficient color for the upper part of the room.

The Detroit News,
Beauty in the Home Department.

Enclosed please find 75c for which I wish you would send me THE DETROIT NEWS WONDER PACKAGE of over 800 transfer patterns.

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If you prefer to call for this at The Detroit News Public Service Bureau in the Majestic Building, the General Motors Building, or the Main Office, Second and Lafayette, the price will be but 68 cents. Please do not send coin in letters.

On account of customs regulations, Canadian orders cannot be accepted.

Quilt Club Corner.
I HAVE never written before but I have always enjoyed the letters that the other quilters have sent in. Mother and I just finished the Flower Garden quilt. We used all linen for the patches and the stripes and white poplin for the blocks. We also embroidered the flowers with the same color floss.
MRS. O. S.

Your quilt must be very lovely and very different. It is interesting to read about and know that you must have enjoyed making it.

The question which you asked, Mrs. S., could not be answered in the paper or over the radio. Thank you for writing and asking, however, and I hope you had good luck.

I ENJOY the Quilt Club Corner so much and thought you would be interested to know that there are a great number of women here (Leamington, Ont.) making the Dresden Plate quilt.

I have made two and have used no solid colors in any plate, but all different figured pieces of pastel colors and put on a white background. Also in the center we have put a small circle of gay color and also have used the same for the corner pieces.

I would like to obtain a quilting pattern for the plate. I put my plates on an 18-inch square, but one friend took such wee seams she had to buy 40-inch material. I have mine all together, but do you think there should be a border or strips put all around it? I hope some reader will tell me this as it is my first attempt at quilt-making.
MRS. K. M. S.

Be sure to watch this column every day so as to see if your questions are answered by some of the members. All will be interested and I am sure you will get some help with your Dresden Plate. It must be very lovely.

You asked for a quilt-pattern that is not in this department. The octagon Flower Garden quilt is not the same as the one which is put out by the Beauty in the Home quilt Club.

Horoscope Quilt Pattern No. 22
THOSE who are making the Horoscope quilt will be anxious to learn of the characteristics of the people born under the sign of Capricorn and now they may have them on a leaflet, which is ready and waiting for them.

To receive this leaflet, just send your request for it to the Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News, enclosing with it a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

If you prefer, you may call for this reprint from The Detroit News and The Detroit News Public Service Bureau in either the Majestic Building or the General Motors Building where it will be given you free of charge.

Beauty in the Home Editor:
Please enter my name as a member of the Beauty in the Home Quilt Club.

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This enrollment in the Beauty in the Home Quilt Club entitles the member to enter her quilt in the exhibit which will be held after the completion of the series of Horoscope patterns. Date of announcement will be made later.

Anyone who has completed a quilt from any Detroit News pattern will be eligible to become a member and enter this contest.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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