The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-11, Page 24Page 10—Crossroads—May 11, 1983
ENGLISH GARDEN ROOM—Designer Thomas Hills
Cook creates an English garden feeling in this room
through the use of replicas of 19th century scrubbed
pine furniture, attractive floral fabrics and bouffant
Austrian shades at the windows. Furniture is by
Thomasville and carpeting is by Armstrong.
Creating English country look
By BARBARA HARTUNG
Q. I am British by birth
and American by citizen-
ship but I still love tradi-
tional things in my home
and the English garden
look brings back many
memories of my childhood.
I'd, like torecreate for my
family some- of -the-charm..
of -the England" of the 1800s
but I do not want a stuffy
or museum look. Please
suggest some ways I might
convert my rather conven-
tional furnishings into this
motif. — G.H.J.
A. You can create an
English country look
through fine reproduction
of that period and fabrics
with the ambience and
charm of two centuries
ago. A number of compa-
nies are manufacturing
scrubbed pine replicas of
English and Early Ameri-
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can furniture. These are
often scaled down just
slightly to make them
more functional in smaller
homes and apartments.
Combine these pine pieces
with perhaps a camel -back
sofa and a pair of wing -
backed chairs. Cover these
upholstered pieces in floral
or -stripes . in -polished -cot
ton, chintz, a fine linen or
blend. Use fabrics in light
colors and repeat the col-
ors in pastel wall paint. In-
stead of traditional draper-
ies or blinds, consider bouf-
fant Austrian shades
repeating one of the pretty
fabrics you choose for your
room or a complementary
fabric in similar colors.
Q. I am planning to de-
corate our young sons'
room. They are 3 and 4
years old and have a room
that is 12 -by -12 feet. I do
not feel the room is large
enough to divide with a
permanent partition, yet I
would like to give each
child a sense of what is his.
Do you have any sugges-
tions about where I should
start? — L.M.
A. If you do not wish to
actually physically divide
the room, you can create
some division with color.
Let's say you choose a blue
and yellow color scheme
for the room with chalky
white walls. Perhaps you
can use a blue and white
checked bedspread and a
blue rug for one child and a
yellow and white checked
bedspread and yellow rug
for the other child.
If the youngsters have
their own chests (and the
chests are old or unpaint-
ed), you might color code
their drawers or stencil
their names on. Brightly
colored plastic baskets
could further repeat the
color scheme and give your
boys a sense of what is
theirs. Repeat the blue and
yellow and white theme in
striped window shades.
Q. We have a very con-
temporary apartment and,
we like lots of neutral col-
ors and natural materials.
We just recently visited
Mexico and bought four
leather barrel chairs with
cross -slat barrel bases. We
plan to use these for dining
chairs when we entertain
and for occasional chairs
to add seating to our living
--room: What -kind -of dining-
table would go well with
these rather informal,
hand-crafted chairs? —
W.B.
A. The t'pe of chair you
describe will go with any
number of kinds of tables.
If you want a modern look
try a Parsons table painted
whatever color will blend
with your room. If you like
a glass top, that could work
well — giving an open look.
The base could be a pedes-
tal you might find in a sec-
-ondhand or -antique--shop.._.
Ora reed -wrapped frame ---
for the glass top could also
be handsome, complement-
ing the natural materials
in your chairs.
By JAMES G.
McCOLLAM
Member, Antique
Appraisers Assoc.c of
America
Q: I am enclosing a pic-
ture of a vase that be-
longed to my grandmother;
it is marked "O.V." on the
bottom.
Can you tell me anything
about this vase?
A: This Art Pottery vase
was made around the turn
of the century and would
be worth about $500 to
$600.
It was made by the Ohio
Valley China Co. in Wheel-
ing, W.Va. They produced
some of the finest artistic
porcelain pieces made in
this country.
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Keeping your machine happy
By BETTY W. KINSER
Take one busy sewing
machine, add one caring,
patient seamstress and you
have a happy machine that
will serve you well for
years to come. Here's how
it goes:
Unplug machine. Re-
move needle. Remove
throat plate, bobbin race
and all cover plates. Get
your machine down. to the
bare essentials down
where all the work goes on.
With a narrow, soft
brush, remove all lint and
dirt from every nook and
cranny.
Turn the hand wheel sev-
eral times so you can see
what parts move. Doctor
each junction of moving
parts with one drop of sew-
ing machine oil (other oils
are not the same). Place
one drop oil on the post of
the bobbin race, one drop
in the circle where the bob-
bin goes. Put all parts back
together. (If you have any-
thing left over, you didn't
do it right.)
Use a soft, lint -free rag
and alcohol to clean out-
side surface of machine.
Place a folded scrap of
fabric under presser foot
and operate machine rap-
idly back and forth over
scrap. This will work ex-
cess oil down into fabric.
Put in a new needle and
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you are ready to go. Now,
that wasn't too hard, was
it?
How often must you do
this? Well, how often do
you sew? If you sew con-
stantly (like every day),
your machine should be
cleaned and oiled at least
once a week. Otherwise,
once a month.
If you sew only twice a
year, you should clean your
machine each time you
sew. Machine oil is evapo-
rating oil and your ma-
chine will dry out when not
in use.
A sewing machine that is
kept well cleaned and oiled
will work at top perform-
ance for a long, long time
(unless you drop it off a
truck).
Dear Mrs. Kinser. As of
late, I am having a prob-
lem threading my sewing
machine needle. Time has
a way of doing that. I have
tried several things; but
none seems to work.
Do you have any ideas?
Is there something on the
market that will enable me
to thread the needle with-
out wasting an hour? —
Gabriella Drake, Rancho
Cucamonga, Calif.
I had the same problem
once. I could have solved
everything if I could have
held the machine at arm's
length. As the eyes get
more stubborn, we get
more determined.
If there are any machine
needle -threading devices
on the market, I am not
aware of them. However,
that certainly does not
mean they do not exist.
Readers?
In the meantime, try
this: Place a piece of white
paper, fabric or anything
behind the needle. This al-
lows you to see the eye of
the needle more clearly.:
Also, use the largest needle
possible for your fabric —
the larger the needle; the
larger the eye.
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AN AGENT SUGGESTED
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Craft Talk
By Louisa Rush
I have been doing a fair
amount off needlepoint these
past weeks. I find it very re-
laxing and I enjoy doing it,
the trouble is I could spend
all day working at it and
have to really discipline my-
self.
I allow myself one hour in
the morning as soon as I
have had breakfast, usually
while listening to the radio. I
am working on a very large
picture. It's a snow scene, a
log cabin and sawmill with
-- -the-water. wheel -and -str-ea.m.;--
stirroundedrby snow covered
trees. It is fascinating to see
the picture grow under my
fingers.
I find it easier, especially
with such a large canvas, to
have it mot nted on an em-
broidery frame. I have this
in front of my living room
window to ensure good light,
and it's a pleasant way .of
passing time. I can even
sneak in and do a few stit-
ches while waiting for the
kettle to boil and of course it
is always a topic if discus-
sion when friends come to
call. I even convincedtwo bf
my friends to do a needle-
point piece too.
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OEOOY even sunme5ED GARY COOPER IN THE ROLF
OF A SLOW-9PEAKINO, TNOUGHT4=UL MAN OF COuPAP,E
WHO ALWAYS SEEMED TO PROSECT HONI'Sr OFTrRmiNo r,r,
I have another piece on a
second frame in the family
room. I watch quite a bit of
TV during the winter
months as I live alone and
am not fond of going out
when the weather is bad.
This is a design of pansies
which will incorporate
several needlepoint stitches
along with the design.
It is really amazing how
much you can accomplish in
this way. I should have men-
tioned that both my frames
are the floor variety, so that
-the wor-k--4s- always- at• -the.
ready so to speak. These
frames are quite inexpensive
and if you are contemplating
doing some needlepoint in
the near future, they are well
worth the cost. I have often
given them as gifts, unusual
yes, but very much appre-
ciated. .
With a floor frame you
have both hands to Work
with, one above the work and
one below. This was the way
in which I was taught; and it
is easy and quick once you
have the knack.
When beginning a new
strand, I make a knot at the
end, then just a short way
away from where I will com-
mence with this new color, I
take the -needle to the wrong
side, then begin working.
When finishing with a strand
1 bring the color up to the
right side, a short distance
way from where I have been
working. I do not turn the
frame over and run the
frame over and run the need-
le through the back of the
method I have described, the
ends are worked in evenly,
and the knots and ends
snipped off. When you run
the needle through on ' the
-,-wrong- -side- you -are -literally
taking yarn from the right
side in order' to accommo-
date the needle and yarn, so
that eventually, you can tell
from the right side where
every join has been made.
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This week's pattern is
especially for beginners who
would like to try their hand
at canvas embroidery or
needlepoint:. -Easily. and
quickly worked, using only
straight stitches, you can
make this very effective
cushion in no time at all. The
small make=up bag is ideal if
you do not want to start on a
big project.
Complete instructions and
charts for stitches and colors
are on Leaflet No. 8056. To
order this pattern send 75
cents plus a stamped self ad-
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you, do not have a stamp or
envelope, please enclose an
extra 50 cents to cover the
cost of handling. Send to:
Louisa Rush, "Craft Talk",
486 Montford Drive, Dollard
des Ormeaux, P.Q., H9G
1M6. Please be sure to' state
=pattern--fitliti ars obi ectfy
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