Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-15
FOR THE LADIES.
Hints for Home Drcssmai,ing.

llints hOr nome DreSsuluhtnS.
With little money and little taste,
any lady may present stylish and fash
ionable Appearance nowadays First
among the necessary dresses comes the
walking.sult. Soutache embroidery is
the rage. This embroidery is simply the
narrow BRAID formerly used for brniding
patterns, applied in designs like those of
embroidery. being often made to stand
out in bold relief by setting the braid up
on one edge instead OF sewingit on fatty.
As soutache work makes costume quite
expensive, it ,s not likely to become by
any means common, but any one can sew
On straight rows of braid, which will he
n popular trimming for cloth and flannel
dresses. These dresses are made very
simply. There are several pretty styles
for making the skirts one is to place II
heavy ruche of the material at the bot
tom, above which is draped n simple
apron over-skirt, n round or box-pleated
basque completing the costume, both
overskirt and basque being simply stitch
ed. Sometimes the skirt is bordered with
\ deep side or box-pleating, or deep pleat
ing on the front breadth and narrower one
around the remainder of the skirt. La
dies cloth in all the new shades-electric
blue, dark brown, plum and garnet-is
pretty and serviceable for these suits, and
costs one dollar yard, double width
Small checked cloths OF dark shades of
brown and black, at one dollar and n
quarter yard, double width, are also
fashionable.
A novelty is an almost invisible check
of two shades of brown, upon which lie
gold-colored leaves with red and blue CEN
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or polonaise, the skirt being of the plain
check Price of the brocadc, two dollars
and quarter yard, and the check one
dollar.
A very simple yet stylish suit was of
seal brown cloth, pleated skirt and apron
overskirt and basque, with narrow vest,
hardly reaching to the waist, OF cardinal
satin, crossed by cord the shade of the
dress The hat was of brown straw,
trimmed with cardinal velvet and feath-
ers
A halt. worn black silk may be made
quite as good as new dress with the adj
dtion of colored velvet or hrocndcd silk
| basque. Colored velvet may be had in
solid colors as low as two dollars yard,
and three yards and half should be sui
ticient for plain basque. Cloth basques
and black velvet ones with colored skirts.
Thus one may utilize n good skirt. the
basque of which is no longer presentable,
and also a slightly-worn basque when the
rest of the suit is no longer fresh. Plnin
gros grain silks are again very fashiona-
BILE. The richest of these, Ottoman vel
ours, is three dollars yard, but quite
good can be hod for one sixty-tivc. Surah
| hut W l.n n tx-G Gl.t ri "a
bought ms low as one dollar yard, and II
dollar and half will get really good
silk. Brocade is from one twenty-five
| up.
Small bnnnets are the favorte lor au-
tumn wear. The crown is generally of
black straw, with dark velvet twisted
carclessly around it, the same velvet be
ing gathered on the edge to form wide
binding. Sometimes narrow ribbon
strings to match the velvet are added. and
tied under the hair. Thirty-fvc cents
will buy small bonnet, and half yard
Of velvet should be sufficient to trim it
stylshly. Last springs hat might be
cut and made pretty fall bonnet, as only
the crown need show. The shape is the
same as has been worn so long. The fol-
lowing is good recipe for making an
October bonnet Procure an old black
straw or chip bonnet, some pieces of vel
vet old or new. black OF colored, Il seven
cent tube of black paint, small brush
and Il few cents worth of turpcntine.
Cut the bonnet down and fit it closely tc
your head, making it little more than Il
crown. Then dilute your paint with the
turpentine, and carefully go over the
straw. This process will make it looi
quite like new Then piece your velve
together to form gathered pouf arount
the edge. and arrange the rest in loos,
twists down each side. You might tr,
painting your bonnet some dark color
green or brown, to match costume bu
in this case the paint would probably no
/ need to be thinned with turpentine. Tr,
it first on an old piece of straw.
, Small velvet bonnets will be worn latel
, in the season, and also those of felt.
large bird, or group of small birds, vii
be a favorite trimming. Cocks plume
, will be even more used than ostrich feath
ers.