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Beauty in the Home

March 11, 1932
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A portion of a Beauty in the Home column announcing the Lily of the Valley, the sixteenth pattern in the Flower Garden quilt.


Lily of the Valley Is 16th Design
How happy you will be to know that this week's leaflet has on it a pattern of the Lily of the Valley for the sixteenth block of the Flower Garden Quilt! Really, you could not consider that your garden would be complete without this dainty little flower, so here it is waiting for you.

In all, remember, there will be 21 different block patterns for this quilt, 20 being used for the top, which will be four blocks wide and five blocks long. The extra block should have 16 made alike which will be for the border to fit on the two sides and the end.

Please remember, also-that from now on no notices for patterns will run over one week, so you must watch this column closely in order to keep up with the other quilt makers and have just as many blocks as they.

A number of readers have asked if blocks might be had in advance; but that is impossible. No envelopes will be held for future patterns. By asking for one pattern at a time you will receive the most prompt service.

To receive this sixteenth pattern, this Lily of the Valley, just send your request for it to the Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News, enclosing with it a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Copies of this leaflet may also be secured by calling personally at Public Service Bureau in the Majestic Building or General Motors Building.

Back patterns of the Flower Garden built may also be secured at either of these Public Service Bureaus.

Beverage Sets.
Hostess make rather a point of having their various beverage sets as a distinctive as possible. One really charming set, consisting of a decanter and six glasses, is of crystal with field flowers (poppies, bachelor's buttons and daisies) painted across the surface.

...be of flowered chintz with a yellow background to match the tint of the walls, turquoise blue knife pleated chintz being used for the trimming of these draperies. The valance might be flat, with scallops across the bottom, these scallopes having the pleated chintz finish.

The furniture covering in this room might be in turquoise chintz, leavnder being brought out in the chaise longue robe and pillows. Yellow should predominate in the lamp shades, and if one wished there might be a slip covers for the chairs made of the flowered drapery material, having the seams piped in plain turquoise blue chintz.

Two Color Schemes.
I would like a little help in redecorating our kitchen, which is 11 by 14 feet and has one east and one north window. Want to change woodwork to a pale green and walls to ivory, unless you suggest something better. It has buff walls now. What I would like to know is now to finish the table and chairs; also, what color to paint linoleum, as it is wearing off in places. The gas stove is black and white.

I have a bedroom with south window. The rug is tan, the bedspread gold and the bed brass. The dresser is mahogany and the wall paper is cream with yellow and orchid flowers. Want to change the color of the woodwork and get new curtains. Do you think orchid or lavneder would be nice with the yellow?
Mrs. L.L.B.

Your idea of painting the woodwork pale green and walls ivory is a very good one, because it will give your room a lighter effect, which it requires, as it is a northeast one.

The window may have curtains of bright yellow organdie made in Dutch curtain style, with one pair for the upper sash and one for the lower both being trimmed with narrow frills and the lower ones caught back with frilled bands.

The linoleum may be painted dark green and the furniture may be finished in bright yellow, trimmed with black.

The woodwork in our bedroom ... or yellow silk broadcloth trimmed with ruffles or orchid silk broadcloth. These may be made long enough to reach to the floor put up with a valanceand trimmed with a ruffle and caught back with ruffled bands.

The cover for the dresser may be of orchid handkerchief linen, trimmed all around with cream linen lace hemstitched in position.

Now Days Pass Happily.
I have a severe case of "Quilt Fever" and am going to take the opportunity to tell you about my quilting activities.

My husband has been confined to the hospital for five months and it is hard to say just how much longer it will be before he will be home again. He being very active, it was more or less a task to keep him in bed. I made every effort to keep him entertained and after having about exhausted every form of diversion one could think of, for a patient confined to his bed, he finally consented to resort to fancy work as a means of entertainment and I must say it worked wonders.

After purchasing so many lovely pieces it struck me to let him make a quilt so decided on the Flower Garden quilt that you are publishing in The Detroit News at the present time. I bought a ver pretty pink percale and am going to stamp the flower patterns (having one of each to date) and will let him embroider them in outline stitch in white.

When completed I will use white percale with a tiny pink flower for the strips to use in setting my blocks together and in this way I will have a beautiful quilt and at the same time it will furnish a patient with a lovely pastime, one in which he has found a great deal of pleasure and contentment. He does very beautiful work, although he is somwaht limited as he does only the French knots, lazy daisy and outline stitches, but each one is lovely.

I am very busy making a Dresden Plate quilt and, like one of your other readers, am using yellow as my background and have no two pieces alike in the entire quilt, and no one piece with stripes.

A number of my pieces came from different states and cities and I have donations from Long Island, N.Y., Baltimore, Md., Saginaw, Mich., Ft. Madison, Iowa, making my quilt a geographical Dresden Plate quilt.

I wish you continued success and good luck in the future of your most interesting department.
Mrs. C.L.E.

How very lovely that pink and white Garden Quilt is going to be and isn't it fortunate that hour husband has found something to help him be more contented while he has to remain in the hospital. The scheme you have planned for this quilt is really just lovely.

Your idea of the geographical Dresden Plate quilt is another good suggestions.

The other quilt-makers are going to be very interested in your letter, Mrs. H., and here are the best wishes for your husband's early recovery.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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