November 11, 1942

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

Detroit, Michigan, United States

An article encouraging homemakers to make quilts from scraps around the house.

Warm Quilts Made of Scraps
If you're short on covers, go through your closets and trunks and see what you have that can be made into warm bedding. If you have old wool clothes that are not good enough for somebody to wear, cut them into quilt squares, piece them on your sewing machine and line with bright wool dress flannel.

Old silk scraps and old neckties make lovely warm quilts if lined with wool challis ... these can have an interlining of lamb's wool for extra warmth. The practicality of pieced cotton quilts is too well known to need mentioning - chintz or cretonne quilts to match curtains and spreads are pretty.

Odds and ends of yarn can be made into afghans or blankets by making plain color squares, then embroidering them in yarn with different flower motifs.

Blanket covers seem like the hight of luxury, but actually they're very practical for they protect your bedding. After all, it's much easiery to wash a wisp of blanket cover than a blanket or quilt. Make blanket covers out of night-gown satin, dress crepe or even checked gingham. Trim with lace or bias tape or ruffles.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.