A first-person account by Dorothy Milne Rising of making an embroidered buffet runner from a leftover piece of gray linen, which she dyed yellow-orange. She designed a peasant-style border of family figures, potted trees and cocks, and describes the stitches (chain, outline, cat-stitch, knots) and colors used on each figure and on the upper and lower borders. A photograph shows the finished runner.

A short article on choosing unusual color schemes for handwoven textiles, covering contrast of value, intensity and hue, and the balance of warm, cool and neutral colors. The author analyzes a woven runner and a pair of pillow tops made for her mother's living room, listing the warp colors and the long weft color sequences used. The article stresses color rather than design or thread counts, and includes photographs of the runner and one pillow top.