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…And Rose…Guest Room Scheme
August 03, 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 an advertisement for Horoscope Pattern No. 38, an advertisement for the Quilt Club radio show, a coupon for Quilt Club membership, and letters from Quilt Club Corner members.
Beauty in the Home
…And Rose…Guest Room Scheme
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.
In this illustraion is shown the guest room in the Siran-Steel house. The scheme is all that any one could wish for if she is in search of something dainty and smart in the way of color. The combination of the new and traditional in the furniture satisfies that desire for the modern that is not extreme.
Paper has been selected for the wall treatment and the three tones of gray with American beauty rose lend a delicacy to the background that is very delightful for the setting of the rich dark furniture, which shows an Empire influence. The woodwork has been finished in white.
Over a polished oak floor is a gray rug with a rose border, this being large enough to leave a floor margin of about 12 inches all around the room.
For the window treatment there are white Venetian blinds, over which are white fluted ruffled curtains, made floor length and caught back gracefully, appearing very smart beneath the long draperies of American Beauty rose taffeta. A taffeta covered valance board with draped valance finishes the top. The mirrored wall between the two windows creates a delightful location for the simple but attractively designed dressing table. A table such as this supplies sufficient storage for a guest room, for if the closet is large and well equipped...
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...a floral note in a room which has such an abundance of plain surface and stripes.
So if you are thinking of furnishing a guest room, don't you think that one similar to this would be very ideal?
Tomorrow you will see an illustration of the recreation room in this house and you have several surprises in store for you, for it really is different.
Quilt Club Corner.
I know that I am much behind all the other members with my Horoscope quilt and may not get one finished for the Contest but I plan on being there to see the others.
I received the Trip Around the World pattern but do not like it as well as I do the Horoscope, though it is very pretty.
May I tell you that the boys like pretty quilts too? Last April I quilted a flower design and all who saw it admired it very much and one 14-year-old boy told his mother so much about it that she came to see it too. And now my own 14-year-old-son likes to have me show people all my quilts when they come in.
Quilt-making is my hobby so naturally my pin money goes for pretty prints which I am willing to exchange for others. Some send their patterns as Mrs. Petrie did, of the Dresden Plate, then I cut pieces enought for one plate and send them to her and sent my pattern to her so that she could cut the patches to exchange with me. They were cut perfectly. Do you approved of that way, Mrs. Crumb?
I just can't wait until fall when we are all shut in and then all you will need do will be to close your eyes and see the needles fly. Every member will be making quilt blocks and I wouldn't be surprised if we had a race to see who can piece the most quilts during the next fall and winter months.
Best wishes for the Corner's continued success.
Mrs. Allison
Cadillac, Mich.
Of course boys like quilts. They love color and color combinations and I am sure your boy is very proud of the quilt you have made.
You have a very nice way of exchanging pieces and it must be lots of fun when you open the envelope and see what choice of materials some one else has made for you.
Every one looks forward to sewing in the winter but I don't think the shut-in part has its attractions. How nice it is though, to have something delightful like quilt-making to do when the weather is to bad to allow one to go out of doors.
Has any one written in to the Corner that she has already quilted her top for the Contest? That will be the next race.
The "Mac" Limited Trip which left M. Street June 1, and returned three weeks later is in process of quilting and expect to have it finished in two or three weeks. I am quilting on each side of the seams, both ways, which will give it the appearance of quilting around each block. It is beautiful but the color scheme is a secret.
We can tell which pattern is the most popular by the number of quilts of that one pattern. Won't it be interesting? October! Hurry! And how much fun the members will have getting acquainted with each other!
Shirley's quilt is more than half pieced and it is beautiful. It is the first pieced quilt she ever made and I really am proud of her stitches. It is her second quilt, by the way. She wrote to one of the young members and isn't home today or she would write to you. Quiltingly,
Mrs. O.D. MacL.
I am certainly wondering about the color scheme for that quilt. Mrs. MacL., and I know that the rest of the Corner readers will be wondering about it.
I presume that there is a good many quilts all finished for the Contest, but not from the Trip Around the World pattern. Perhaps there will be some letters about that now.
Tell Shirley to write to the Corner. She has been neglectful for some time, but I suppose she likes to spend most of her time on her quilt.
October will be here before we realize it, Mrs. MacL., and I am looking forward to it as much as you are.
Thirteen of England's diplomatic representatives abroad are Scots.
Radio Corner Hour Has Another Change
This week listen for the Quilt Club Corner Hour over WWJ at 10 o’clock Wednesday instead of 10:30. You will be notified later if this is to be a definite change. But don’t forget to listen for the organ at 10 a. m. when “Seeing Nellie Home” will announce the “Corner’ Hour.
Horoscope Quilt Pattern No. 38
And now Pisces, the last of the zodiac signs is ready for your border and then you will have an opportunity to send for a few quilting designs and then you will be able to finish your quilt. How do you feel about it now that it is nearly finished? Be sure to write a little notice in to the Corner for everyone is interested in your quilt-making.
A reprint of this leaflet from The Detroit News will be mailed to anyone wishing it, upon receipt of request, if accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Address Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News. Copies may be secured by calling personally at The Detroit news Public Service Bureau in either the General Motors Building or the Majestic Building. Pontiac residents may secure this leaflet at The Detroit News, Pontiac Bureau 412 Pontiac Bank Building.
Beauty in the Home Editor:
Please enter my name as a member of the Beauty in the Home Quilt Club.
Name………………
Street and number……………
City………………………State…………………
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.
…And Rose…Guest Room Scheme
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.
In this illustraion is shown the guest room in the Siran-Steel house. The scheme is all that any one could wish for if she is in search of something dainty and smart in the way of color. The combination of the new and traditional in the furniture satisfies that desire for the modern that is not extreme.
Paper has been selected for the wall treatment and the three tones of gray with American beauty rose lend a delicacy to the background that is very delightful for the setting of the rich dark furniture, which shows an Empire influence. The woodwork has been finished in white.
Over a polished oak floor is a gray rug with a rose border, this being large enough to leave a floor margin of about 12 inches all around the room.
For the window treatment there are white Venetian blinds, over which are white fluted ruffled curtains, made floor length and caught back gracefully, appearing very smart beneath the long draperies of American Beauty rose taffeta. A taffeta covered valance board with draped valance finishes the top. The mirrored wall between the two windows creates a delightful location for the simple but attractively designed dressing table. A table such as this supplies sufficient storage for a guest room, for if the closet is large and well equipped...
(clipping cut-off)
...a floral note in a room which has such an abundance of plain surface and stripes.
So if you are thinking of furnishing a guest room, don't you think that one similar to this would be very ideal?
Tomorrow you will see an illustration of the recreation room in this house and you have several surprises in store for you, for it really is different.
Quilt Club Corner.
I know that I am much behind all the other members with my Horoscope quilt and may not get one finished for the Contest but I plan on being there to see the others.
I received the Trip Around the World pattern but do not like it as well as I do the Horoscope, though it is very pretty.
May I tell you that the boys like pretty quilts too? Last April I quilted a flower design and all who saw it admired it very much and one 14-year-old boy told his mother so much about it that she came to see it too. And now my own 14-year-old-son likes to have me show people all my quilts when they come in.
Quilt-making is my hobby so naturally my pin money goes for pretty prints which I am willing to exchange for others. Some send their patterns as Mrs. Petrie did, of the Dresden Plate, then I cut pieces enought for one plate and send them to her and sent my pattern to her so that she could cut the patches to exchange with me. They were cut perfectly. Do you approved of that way, Mrs. Crumb?
I just can't wait until fall when we are all shut in and then all you will need do will be to close your eyes and see the needles fly. Every member will be making quilt blocks and I wouldn't be surprised if we had a race to see who can piece the most quilts during the next fall and winter months.
Best wishes for the Corner's continued success.
Mrs. Allison
Cadillac, Mich.
Of course boys like quilts. They love color and color combinations and I am sure your boy is very proud of the quilt you have made.
You have a very nice way of exchanging pieces and it must be lots of fun when you open the envelope and see what choice of materials some one else has made for you.
Every one looks forward to sewing in the winter but I don't think the shut-in part has its attractions. How nice it is though, to have something delightful like quilt-making to do when the weather is to bad to allow one to go out of doors.
Has any one written in to the Corner that she has already quilted her top for the Contest? That will be the next race.
The "Mac" Limited Trip which left M. Street June 1, and returned three weeks later is in process of quilting and expect to have it finished in two or three weeks. I am quilting on each side of the seams, both ways, which will give it the appearance of quilting around each block. It is beautiful but the color scheme is a secret.
We can tell which pattern is the most popular by the number of quilts of that one pattern. Won't it be interesting? October! Hurry! And how much fun the members will have getting acquainted with each other!
Shirley's quilt is more than half pieced and it is beautiful. It is the first pieced quilt she ever made and I really am proud of her stitches. It is her second quilt, by the way. She wrote to one of the young members and isn't home today or she would write to you. Quiltingly,
Mrs. O.D. MacL.
I am certainly wondering about the color scheme for that quilt. Mrs. MacL., and I know that the rest of the Corner readers will be wondering about it.
I presume that there is a good many quilts all finished for the Contest, but not from the Trip Around the World pattern. Perhaps there will be some letters about that now.
Tell Shirley to write to the Corner. She has been neglectful for some time, but I suppose she likes to spend most of her time on her quilt.
October will be here before we realize it, Mrs. MacL., and I am looking forward to it as much as you are.
Thirteen of England's diplomatic representatives abroad are Scots.
Radio Corner Hour Has Another Change
This week listen for the Quilt Club Corner Hour over WWJ at 10 o’clock Wednesday instead of 10:30. You will be notified later if this is to be a definite change. But don’t forget to listen for the organ at 10 a. m. when “Seeing Nellie Home” will announce the “Corner’ Hour.
Horoscope Quilt Pattern No. 38
And now Pisces, the last of the zodiac signs is ready for your border and then you will have an opportunity to send for a few quilting designs and then you will be able to finish your quilt. How do you feel about it now that it is nearly finished? Be sure to write a little notice in to the Corner for everyone is interested in your quilt-making.
A reprint of this leaflet from The Detroit News will be mailed to anyone wishing it, upon receipt of request, if accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Address Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News. Copies may be secured by calling personally at The Detroit news Public Service Bureau in either the General Motors Building or the Majestic Building. Pontiac residents may secure this leaflet at The Detroit News, Pontiac Bureau 412 Pontiac Bank Building.
Beauty in the Home Editor:
Please enter my name as a member of the Beauty in the Home Quilt Club.
Name………………
Street and number……………
City………………………State…………………
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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