Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-11
WHAT FAIR HANDS CAN DO.
fre',y Thines Young Ladies' can
Make as Holiday Gifts for
Their Friends,

such time as l am having getting
ready for Christmas" remarked society
young lady in the hearing OF reporter
Tor the New York Mail and Erpress, az
have begun early in order to have plenty
OF time. 1t is not because | have any
trouble in making pretty things for
christmas gifts. 1t is the pn-money |
have to look out for with which to buy
tne materials. This year happy idea -
az least 1t seemed to me such.-struck me.
IL was to begin early and make fancy
articles and sell them. With the pro-
ceeds was sure | could get more than
double the first outlay for my materials
and so make enough money to get more
gifts than l could otherwise have done
and make them much handsomer, too,
L found that there were several places
where one can place such work to be sold
and the commission charged for selling
is quite small"
What did you make ?'' was asked.
" That is just what | was going 10 tell
you. l found that a number of nv
friends were at work in the same way.
and among the articles they were max.
ing were lamp shades. So made one.
bought lovely bright shade OF pink
almost ose-colored-surah silk ribbon of
light quality, and shirred it around the
top, Mother Hubbard fashion, for nv
lamp. The ribbon was about five inches
WIDE. On the lower and plain edge
sewed strip of lace the same width as
the ribbon. The lace is cotton, some.
thing the style of Oriental lace. The
edge must have scallop or decided point,
the former being much the prettiest.
'iher bought fine embroidery silk, the
shade of the ribbon, and tied it in as n
fringe all around the edge of the
lace. vi course you can use any shade of
ribbon, as that is merely matter Of
taste. Either pale blue or green is very
pretty, only it must not be OF too heavy a
quality, else the light will not shine
through It sufficiently to give the desired
effect The material for such shade
costs but very little, yet such such shades
sell for from ST. to SO apiece. Then l
painted-most girls know enough about
decorative painting, you know, to paint
flowers at least. What did next was to
make and paint several ornamental ban
ners for wall decoration. One way to
make these is to paint on piece of silk rr
satin and line it, which is something OF an
undertaking, and to buy with it a brass
rod and chain and fancy balls to hang at
the bottom of the banner. But instead Of
doing this bought good quality of sash
ribbon, both silk and satin (silk is the
best, however, and painted bunch OF
flowers in the centre. Then / fringed
out the edge and attached to the whole
the very lightest banner rod and chain /
could find. Why you haven't any idea
how much handsomer they are than the
old-fashioned ones made so stiff, and be-
sides they are much less expensive. A
white silk banner on which is painted
pink wild roses is lovely. A pale blue
with purple and yellow pansies and Il
pink one with wild yiolets are also very
pretty.
Another article the girls are making is
bureau set. A very handsome one is
made OF n good quality of cream colored
scrim, with the threads drawn about four
front of the bureau are eleven rows OIL
gros grain ribbon of orange color, run
out and in like darning. and having s
sort of checkerhoard effect. All arount
the edge of the cover is cream-colored cot
ton lace. The lace is rather heavy pat
tern, and this is to be outlined in orange
embroidery silk. With the set is a pin-cush
ion to match, made OF the rim, the drawn
work with the ribbon not to be exactly
across the center, but little towards
one end. On the other end there should
be large bow OF orange ribbon
Around the cushion is lace outlined like
the lace Of the bureau cover. Another
pretty rs well as useful Christmas gift
for either lady or gentleman is blottel
| for desk or writing table use. 1t is made
Of two pieces of ribbon, each four inches
wide and three-eighths of a yard long.
The ribbon is used as cover. Within
this put four sheets OF fine plotting
paper the size OF the ribbon and have the
edges pinked. Then put one piece of the
ribbon for the back and another for the
front, tying them together at one corner
with narrow piece OF ribbon. On the
outside or top covering, paint OF en-
broider simple, pretty design Of flower
or iigure-work and fringe out the free enc
OF the covering ribbon. An olive ribbon
with pink wild flowers makes an ex
tremely pretty blotter covering, as also
does pink ribbon on which is painted
blue forget-me nots."
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