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 WOMAN'S HOME 580 before it is mounted, but the professional way is to apply them to the mounted shade. This makes it easier to carry the design right round the shade and over the join. For sticking the chintz flowers a photo paste should be used. Brush a little on the back of the chintz design and then lay the chintz, face downwards, on a piece of blotting paper, in order that it may dry a little before being applied to the shade. This prevents , anv of the wet paste from being sque e z e d out under the edges of the de- sign. In doing this work, it is advisable to wear a pair of A homc'made lamp'shade of thick cartridge paper y q^ g h - decorated with chintz flowers,. , leather gloves. At any rate, owing to the moisture m the hands, the design and shade should be touched with the fingers as little as possible. The cut-out flowers can be first arranged on the paper pattern of the shade in order to find out the best way to place them. This, of course, will depend on the style of the design chosen. Jacobean patterns, with bold flower effects, look best wreathed around the shade in a wide band, with perhaps a butterfly here and there on the blank space on either side of the wreath. Pompadour cretonnes with small wreaths and baskets should have trails of little flowers and small baskets placed at equal distances. The correct distances should be measured, and a faint pencil mark put where each part of the pattern is to come. Candle-shades, which can be bought for 2|d. or 3d. each, can be treated in the same style. This is an excellent occupation for children. Similar effects can be obtained from the use of paints instead of chintz. Transparent colours must be used, but the design can be taken from chintz, cretonne, wallpaper, or china. Pleated Shades Pleated chintz shades, again The wire fr&me for a homc'made lamp-shade. Inside is shown the folded shade are very popular; they are cheap, they cost less than two shil- lings each, wear ad- mirably, and, if the dust is lightly brushed off, will keep clean for a long Pleated chintz shades such as this can be made at a cost of less than 2s. each, and are both pretty and serviceable time. Small designs are most suitable, but a scattered wreath is always effective. For a standard lamp about ij yards of chintz will be required. This should be cut into three widths, 13 inches deep, which must be stuck together at the selvedges in one straight piece. Care should be taken in cutting the widths to see that the pattern will match at the joins. When joined, the top and lower edges of the chintz must be pinked, with a f -inch pink, care being taken to see that the pinks come opposite each other. After the pleating is done, join the shade together with a liquid glue. At about ik inches from the top, cut little oblong holes on the inner edge of the pleats, so that they will rest on the wire, and just below these, in the centre of each pleat, pierce a hole with a stiletto. Through these holes run a narrow piping cord. This, when drawn up, will keep the shade firmly in position. Instead of silk, small-patterned and chine cretonnes can be used for covering lamp- shades. Such shades are expensive to buy, but can be made at home quite cheaply. The wire mount may have to be made specially by an ironmonger, since the sup- porting wires between the two circular ones must be curved inwards "so as not to show through the cretonne. First cover these wires with thin tape, then gather on the cretonne, top and bottom, just as in the case of the silk shade. A dull gold fancy galon, with a waved lower edge, such as can be bought from an art furnisher for 3 id. a yard, should be used as a finish at the top and bottom of the shade. For the lower edge, a crystal -bead fringe will be wanted, costing about IS. 6d. per yard. Candle-shades may be decorated with designs taken from chintz, cretonne, wall' paper or china