Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-12
Easter Decorations.

Decorations, such as wreaths,
texts, banners, crosses and other de-
signs, may be carried out with great
success with flowers. For a text
made in flowers an economical and
yet very effective plan is to cut the
letters out in cardboard, and paint
them over with the same color as the
flowers you purpose using. When
dry wash over with strong liquid
glue, and before this dries take the
heads of the flowers only and press
on tue letters, taking care to cover
the cardboard entirely. A flower
may be broken or torn, and it will
answer just as well as the best. For
a banner or device on wall, q
groundwork might be made entirely
of the petals of scarlet geraniums,
the letters or design of white flowers.
If you wish to keep your design for
further use, small everlasting flowers
would be best. Moss forms the best
green ground. White is essentially
the color for Easter, and lilies the
flowers of all others for decoration.
We have seen small banners made
entirely of them. A framework was
covered with white cardboard on
this was sewn white cotton; upon
this sprays of maiden hair fern, so
that the ground was lightly covered,
no two sprays overlapping each otis
er; on these a cross of lilies was
placed the full width of the frame,
Wreathing for Easter may be made
by sewing moss on straps of brown
paper cut the right width and length;
the flowers and leaves are sewn in !;
if plenty of good damp moss is used,
the flowers retain their freshness for
great length of time.
Few country churches have a
reredos, and, as the east end is the
one upon which the greatest taste
and skill should be expended, it may
be useful to suggest temporary and
decorative one, which, with some
decoration on the front, would be
sufficient for small church. Let a
frame work of thin laths be made,
the length of which should reach
from one side of the east window to
the other, and make it two and half
feet deep, or whatever depth may be
necessary to fill the space. Divide
this into three parts. Make the cen
ter twice the width of the sides, and
on each side this center place a lath,
so that they will be four or five
inches apart; cover the whole frame
with red or white. You should now
cut cross, or any other suitable de-
vice, and cover it with flowers for
the center; panel of flowers on
each side over the frames, and
similar panel on the two outsides, or
omit the center panel and have only
the outside one; then add a wreath
made very neatly on paper round the
whole.
A permanent ornament of this.
kind may be made with little
needlework at q small cost. Take a
piece OF red or white serge cloth the
size required, trace on it your de,
sign in the centre, foriated cross
OF lilies and passion flowers or a
foriated medallion and the sacred
monogram, and work over with ARA
sene. This is an excellent material
for quick effective work, and far less
expensive than silk, Two or three
shades of green, and two of gray,
and one OF yellow, would work cen
tire of lilies. The arrasene may be
worked in like crewels, in long
stitches of nearly an inch in length
and laid ON and sewn down with cots
ton; this latter method is best for
the border. Texts made in the same
manner, in handsome letters, would
be effective, and any simple ecclesi-
astical scroll, worked in two or
three shades, would more than repay
the trial.-Art Amateur