January 10, 1934

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser; Lynne Charlet

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Beauty in the Home column including, an advertisement for the Nosegay quilt and letters from a Quilt Club member.

Beauty In The Home
Shell Pink and Chalk White Scheme Is Ultra Smart in Its Simplicity
By Edith B. Crumb.

Here is another section of the room which was shown in this column last Friday. Do you remember reading about the trees that were dyed before they were cut down so as to give the grain of the wood a delicate tint?

The furniture in this room is a shell pink and the background of the scheme is chalk white.

If one wishes a dainty layout, chalk white is an ideal selection for walls, woodwork and ceiling.

For the window treatment there may be white Venetian blinds and floor length hangings in shell pink taffeta, trimmed with silk cording and caught back with the same.

Instead of French doors between the rooms there may be folding shutters or blinds, also finished in chalk white.

The chaise lounge would be attractive if covered in rose striped taffeta, and white corduroy of a small upholstered chair.

Little or no design is required to make a room of this type effective, the small bit such as birds on the screen being just enough to break any monotony that might be created by so much plain surface. This screen would be striking if finished in silver and white.

The small vanity table at the left is one which is rather unusual, the drawers swinging from the side instead of drawing out and in, in the orginary manner.

Of course, the lamp shades in this room are white as are also the bedspreads, which are made of seersucker organdie trimmed with a narrow metal silver ribbon.

Quilt's History
I have enjoyed all the letters and the pleasant answers, and also the radio visits Tuesday mornings. Let us keep the Quilt Corner.

What a wonderful exhibit of quilts there was at the Contest. I was there on Friday for three hours and then did not see all that I wanted to.

It gave me a great deal of pleasure to meet Gran. She was so sweet. I wanted to chat with you as many others did, but did not get an opportunity.

I shall always be proud of my ribbon award for my antique Log Cabin quilt. The Dresden Plate top I entered did not receive a prize. It was the first quilt I ever made and I expect to quilt it and enter it next year.

The Log Cabin quilt was made by my mother-in-law when she was teaching school, at the age of 22. She married a man, 25 years her senior, who was blind and a Methodist minister.

I am keeping the clippings of the corner for a scrap book.
Mrs. Willis Lee Smith
1006 Carmel, Detroit, Mich.

It is very nice of you to write that very interesting letter to the Corner, Mrs. Smith, and I hope that you will find the department will supply you with plenty of material for your scrap book.

Gran seems just as happy to meet others as they were to meet her and she had such a good time. I wanted to chat with all of the quilt-makers, too, but you will understand why I could not do so, considering the large number of people attending. Next year, if there is a Contest, there will be a larger Quilt Club Corner and then there will be a better opportunity for metting and chatting.

I am sorry that you did not write the history of the Log Cabin quilt on a piece of cloth or paper so that it could have been attached to your quilt.

Please write to the Corner again, Mrs. Smith, for everyone will be looking for word from you occassionally.

Has Many Ideas
I went to the Exhibit and now I am making two quilts, one for my small daughter and one for the boy's room. With the kind help of Mrs. Weber I joined the Quilt Club and met many nice ladies at the meeting.

I wish you could see my four boxes of linen stationary that I have initialed from the letters in the Wonder Package. For one little lady of 12, I used the Scotty, and for a little girl who just loves chicks I put that wee curly chick from the package on note paper.

Little girl friend of daughter's is going to have a bunny apron from the Wonder Package. Make the ears a little longer and use as shoulder straps. Honestly, I made so many things for friends out of almost nothing. I made a whole bath room outfit with the fishes. I also cut out the Lady Making the Patch Work Quilt every time it was printed in the paper and now I have two pictures sewed and appliqued ready to frame. Can I get the silhouette for her at The News office?
Mrs. J. Blasko, Jr.,
177 Woodmere, Apartment 1,
Detroit, Mich.

I can see that you are a very thrifty home-maker, Mrs. Blasko, and really I think that the things which are made out of almost nothing are so many times the most attractive and certainly the most appreciated.

The Wonder Package must have paid for itself many times for you and for years you will find designs in it which will be very useful for you if you are painting or embroidering.

Your idea of using the different patterns on the stationary is certainly a good one. I thought that every possibility had been suggested for this package, but you certainly thought of another excellent one.

Please write again soon. Yes, indeed, the silhouette of the Patchwork Lady may be had from The Detroit News Public Service Bureau in the Majestic Building or at the main office of The Detroit News, Lafayette and Second.

Never Misses a Letter.
I am so glad the Quilt Club is to continue. I never miss one letter. I am very glad that we are to get new patterns. I am planning to make a couple of quilts this winter in case we do have another contest.

I guess I will always be sorry that I did not get to the Contest. We moved that week, and my house was such a mess that I did not have the courage to leave it.

I have received some lovely letters from different Club members and do hope for more. I hope for a happy time this winter, reading and hearing about the club.
Mrs. Snyder.
7611 Kercheval, Detroit, Mich.

Good for you, Mrs. Snyder! You have the right idea. Make those two or three quilts and then, in case there is another Contest, you will be prepared.

Of course you will always be sorry you did not get to the Contest. Everyone seemed to have a good time and many went two and three days, so you surely would have been interested in it.

The Club members have started in writing to each other again and it looks to me as if it is going to be a great big Corner.

Leaves of the Nosegay Ready for Quiltmakers

Leaflet number 2 of the new Nosegay Quilt series, is the one which adds the stems and leaves and ties the bow around the bunch of calico blossoms. Its now ready and may be had by any who ask for it, and enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. Address request to Quilt Club Corner.

Copies may also be called for at The Detroit News Public Service Bureau in the Majestic Building, the General Motors Building, and the Pontiac Bank Building, Pontiac.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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