Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-04

lem will require speedy solution if one
wishes to enjoy to the utmost the holi-
day season. There is nothing more tire
some than to be obliged at the last min
ute to rush around and buy ones gifts,
spending more than one can well afford,
when by the exercise of little fore
thought money and strength can be
saved. Begin in time; plan your work;
look over your materials in hand buy
judiciously, and then go to work and
make-bags, for they never come amiss.
No matter how many one has, new one
is always acceptable.
One pretty bag, a suitable present for
a child or its mother, is to be used for
handkerchiers and is made as follows:
Cut two round pieces of pasteboard
about seven inches in diameter and cut
wadding the exact size, using two layers
for the irelde Of the bag. Upon the
wadding sprinkle sachet powder. Then
lay the disks of wadding upon one of
the pieces Of pasteboard and hold them
in place by covering the circle with
/ cheese cloth. Cover the other circle
with pale pink satin, of which the bag
is made. This pink satin is very delicate
| looking when the white roses procured
at a milliner'a) encirc1e it.
The strip (just long enough to go
around tEe circle is turned over at the
top to form hem, at the lower edge of
which a casing should be made by stitch
/ ing the hem around twice on the ma
chine, using pale pink sewing silk. In
the casing put two white silk cords to
draw up the bag. Then sew the strip to
the lower pasteboard used for the bot
tom and afterward insert the scented
circle, catching it in place with invisible
stitches. Turning it right side out again,
catch the roses all around the base of the
bag, and the bag is done. | don't think
any of my readers have a lady friend who
would not be pleased to receive one of
these dainty handkerchief bags.
Cut round piece of wood six inches
in diameter and cover one side with a
piece Of coarse linen, in the center of
which embroider a monogram or in
itial in satin stitch. with yellow silk; the
back of the board is neatly covered with
the same as other material. Around
one-half of the board, forming a semi
circle, are a number of small brass screw
hang small bags, each by inches and
prettily worked in odd letters with yell
low silk, white thread, linen thread,
colored thread, silk twist, pearl buttons,
hooks and eyes or anything you desire.
In each bag put drawing cord of silk.
Hang the board by a large brass ring,
hidden under a huge bow of yellow rib
bon at the top. These bags are very
convenient, and may be made of almost
any material.
For fanbag purchase one yard and
half of No. 0 ribbon. Cut this in two
and join lengthwise by double row OF
small brass rings covered with embroid
cry silk the color of the ribbon. A single
row of these rings borders each of the
inner edges of the ribbon to within two
inches of the ends of the ribbon which
are to be fringed. This is doubled il
the center and the sides joined. Ribbon:
} are run through the rings at the toI
from either side, leaving them long
enough to slip over the arm.
Serviceable and pretty little workbagi
are made by using for foundation on,
of the small oblong baskets-about 4 by
9 inches-to be found at almost any
shop where japanese goods are kept
For the upper part of the bag procure
two yards of dark yellow ribbon, No
8, and ten yards of the same color a few
shades lighter. Then cut these in lively,
, strips Of equal length and join altogether
After they are all Joined hem q;
inches deep is turned and finished will
two rows of stitching one inch apart
The other edge is finished with a very
narrow hem and fastened to the baske
with invisible stitches. Ribbons ru1
through the casing finish the bag.
Another pretty bag is made of tive
pieces of chamois, each by
, inches, which are painted around the
edges with clover blossoms and leaves
The designs on the two pieces should be
similar, but not exactly the same A
piece Of india or china silk, matching
the green of the clover leaf, four niche:
wide and one yard long, is gathered and
connects the two pieces of chamois
along the sides and across the bottom
as puff. A straight piece of silk six
inches deep and the width Of the bag is
sewed to the bag. A hem two inches
deep is turned with two rows of stitch.
ing for the ribbons which are green
matching the silk.
Still another lively bag is made of two
shades of No. II old rose satin ribbon
one and two-thirds of yard of each he,
ing used. The ribbons are cut into strips
of ten inches and oversewed together,
alternating the light and the dark. A
bottom for the bag is made by covering
a round piece of pasteboard with wad-
ding sprinkled with sachet powder, and
then covering both sides with old rose
silk. The ribbon is narrowly hemmed
on one side and sewed to the pasteboard.
The top is heHmed and has wide rufile
OF soft lace and draw strings of narrow
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