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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-10, Page 22Page IP. -Crossroads --Oct. 10, 1984 Your. Handwriting Tells SHADOW WICKING—A new technique gives the ancient craft of candlewicking a new look. Read to- day's column for step-by-step instructions. Decor Score CONTEMPORARY FEELING Early American is given an update when combined with contemporary seating. Sectional features queen -size sleeper in heavily textured fabric with a hand-crafted look. Furnishings by Barca-lounger. Blend modern and country for new look By Barbara Hartung Q. I have a few pieces of Early American furniture that I'd liketo keep when I 0 refinish my home.ver, rather than a country look, I want to update to a more contemporary feeling. I still want a casual, in- formal ambience. How should I combine some wood pieces with traces of country to create a more up-to-date look? A. You can do this in several ways. First, in buying new upholstered pieces, select those with a contemporary design , — not faddishly modern but straigh-lined so pieces will blend unobtrus- ively. Select something with a heavy textured fabric; per- haps a stripe or striate design that gives a' hand- crafted feeling. Soft, neutral colors probably would blend best, too, with your other pieces of- furniture. Give your windowsan up- dated look. A mini -blind would be attractive and would not be too modern for your period pieces. Wooden louvered shutters, par- ticularly when they are painted the same color as the room, blend with most in- terior design plans and give you a clean line. Or add a touch of color to your win- dows with fabric by choosing balloon shades to soften the rooms's decor. Use your country ac- cessories combined with baskets, which at the same time are contemporary and country, and living plants. Select a medium to light- colored carpeting to blend well with your wall color and upholstery fabric. This should help you into a more contemporary at- mosphere. Q. 1 am converting a bed- room into a tiny office. The only piece of furniture other than a desk and shelves in the room will be a funny old settee that has a wooden frame. I think the wood.has a -dozen layers of paint. It also has a terribly worn fabric Seat and back. 1 like funky things and that is why the settee seems right to me for this room. How can I make this old piece fit into, my room and add style? The walls are white and .the floor is covered in beige carpeting. A. Pieces of furniture such as the settee you describe can be charming pieces to add just the right whimsical touch to a room to keep it from being ponderous and dull. With white walls and beige carpeting you can go in many directions with your color. Why not be bold? What about a dramatic giant gingham check in green and white or blue and white or red and white? Before you reupholster your piece, try removing the paint in one small area to see how difficult it would be. If it appears near iin ossible and the paint provides a firm. base, give the frame a coat of white. If not, jump in and remove the old paint. There are some excellent paint removers on the market today; some of the best no longer" require rubber gloves -to protect your. skin from harsh chemicals. ' Accessorize with bright white and the color you choose 'for your upholstery fabric. Dyeing for a colorful look When our colonial an- so that, when you lay your cestors first invented can- cloth over the papers, you dlewicking, they used left- . can see your design well over s candlewicks and old enough to trace. flour sacks. Because their Tracing: 1. Using a water supplies were practical, non- soluble pen, trace the design decorative and colorless the onto the muslin cloth. Draw resulting embroidery, al- dots, about five to the inch, though delicate, decorative wherever you plan to stitch and beautiful, remained as french or colonial knots. 2. colorless as the original sup- Draw solid lines wherever plies. you plan to use outline, stem Nowadays, however, with or satin stitches. colored threads, cloths and Stitching: 1. Using your dyes readily available, it's candlewicking thread, stitch fun to vary the craft with one french knot as illustrated color. You can stitch colored (a) for each dot in your de - knots, use a contrasting cloth sign. 2. Cover solid lines With background, or try "shadow outline stitches (b). wicking," the dye technique Dyeing: 1. Wash stitched described today. cloth in very hot water. 2. In shadow wicking, you be- Following directions on the gin as usual, by stitching dye package, dye the stitch - white candlewicking thread ed cloth. 3. Roll fabric in on unbleached muslin. Then, terrycloth to remove excess when the design is stitched, moisture. 4. Press lightly, you toss it into a dye bath. stitched side down, over sev- When the cloth dries, you eral layers of terrycloth. embroider white knots be- Finishing: 1. When the side the original ones., Since cloth dries, stitch, white the original stitches shadow knots beside the dyed.knots. the new ones, the result is 2. Stitch white lines' beside called shadow wicking. the dyed lines. 3. Turn. fin= To try the technique, just ished shadow wicking into a follow the step-by-step in- wallhanging, pillow or' any- structions : thing else you choose. • Materials: White cotton muslin; white cotton candle - wicking thread; household dye from the supermarket; large tin for dyeing; paper; black marking pen; water soluble pen; -stitching sup- plies. • The Design: 1. Draw a simple design on paper. 2. Make your lines dark enough A 0 Confronted with being old By 'Dorothy St. John Jackson Certified Master Graphanalyst Dear Dorothy: Today is my 50th birthday. I am now confronted with being old, and 1 feel real desper- ate. Can you give me any encouragement? Dear W.B.: Wonder what kind of a written bombshell it takes to convince the av- erage person that 50 is not old? Take a look in the mir- ror, and you'll see the same face that looked back at you, yesterday, at 49, still looking back at you, today, at the ripe young age of 50. You're a really lively person, as seen in your for, ward slant, long down - strokes on f and g, and you're as smooth as run- ning water, seen in the fig- ure -8 g's and f s. So why bring yourself to a halt now, that you've reached the stimulating big 5-0? You're excited about life, and your excitement is contagious, seen in the long t crossings. Others like you for your vim, your vigor and your vitality. You like people, seen in the large lower loops, and they like you. Why tie yourself to the "old age" post? Like a lovely flower, a women of 50 is at the height of her bloom. She radiates with the fullness of joy, assurance and the sweetnessof perfume. Don't dampen the fra- grance you can shower to others by dull, soggy thoughts. Colborne Township's 19th annual • "CHRISTMAS COUNTRY FAIR" Sale of local arts, crafts & country baking at Saltford Valley Hall, (1/4 mile N. of Goderich, E. off Hwy. 21) Wednesday, October 17, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, October 21, 12 p.m. -5 p.m. SPECIAL FEATURES: Burlap dolls and oil pain- tings by Elaine Schmidt; bread dough art & dolls by Dorothy Meyer, both of Waterloo; glass sag- ging and crystals by June Hintz of Fordwich; cut and tooled leather by Brock Blackwell of Walkerton. ADMISSION: Adults - .50" LUNCH, AND•.FRESHMENTS • (served by Order of eiletluNfilar-Ladies) OVER 40 CRAFTS (Sponsored. by Blue Water Chapteroplo. 284, Order of the Eastern Star; Goder1'ch) MAKE IT YOURS Grand Opening Oct. 12 & 13 Perth Bargain Centre 214A Main St. Atwood, Ont. 356-2866 Everything for the household 10% Off Everything in the store Also: Come in and enter our Free Cab- bage Patch Draw to be drawn on Oct. 13 at 5:30 p.m. Free Coffee and Snacks to th to of Win a free tray of assorted meats. Cross-stitch sayings By Ellen Appel Counted cross-stitch is popular lately for many reasons, but one explanation is the ease- of stitching say- ings as well as pictures. With a few simple techniques, you can stitch almost any message. In order to make your own sampler, with any saying you choose, you'll need graph paper and cross-stitch supplies. Block letters are recommended, but as an al- ternative, you can copy letters from an alphabet book. Here are directions for making a cross-stitch , message; MATERIALS: Evenweave cross-stitch cloth; graph paper; pencil; needle; em- broidery thread; em- brd'ider',.y hoop, WRITING RULES: 1. Write your entire message on graph paper as it will appear in your sampler. 2. Leave at least one blank square between each letter. 3. Leave between two and five squares between words, depending upon size of let- ters and message. 4. Darken all the squares in your let- ters. If the letters don't look right, make changes as necessary. PROPORTION: 1. Make all capital letters the same height, but vary width ac- cording to the letter. In'other words, make the letter "M" wider than the letter "1". 2. As with capitals, draw lowercase letters the same height as one another: WALLPAPER SALE wo OFF Enter our monthly draw today. No purchase necessary. SYMMETRY: 1. If your messagestretches across arf .uneven number of squares, mark the line to the, left of center as the center of your chart. 2. If your prefer per- fect symmetry, add or sub- tracta square between the words in each line. CROSS-STITCHING: 1. Find center of fabric. 2. Count fabric squares to find upper left-hand corner of design. This is your starting point. 3. Cross-stitch as usual, following the char- tered letters. 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Next, wrap the stems with paper or plastic. and -put them in a deep pail of water at 40 de- grees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) to prevent early wilting. Once your flowers are arranged, keep them from drafts and heat and store in the refrigerator overnight. Add fresh water daily for longer lasting blooms, MATERNITY BOUTIQUE Oktoberfest Sidewalk Sale Reductions up to '40% off on selected fashions. WESTMOUNT PLACE, WATERLOO 746-1822 9:30 A.M.-6 P.M. THURS. & FRI. 9:30 A.M.-9 P.M. 120 CUMBERLAND ST., TORONTO 416-922-0636 9:30 A.M.-6 P.M. THURS. UNTIL 8 P.M.