Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
N O W F 0 R K M A s
PORCH WORK THAT WILL HELP
OUT YOUR GIVING.
Many of the New-Old Stitches and
Articles That Are Fash
ionable.

Women who migrate to cooler regions
during the heated term find that the aver
age pleasures Of a summer resort quickly
pail, and hands which are not accustomed
to idleness soon Itch for something to do.
To prepare against this lull In sports and
the consequent longing for something TO
occupy her hands and thoughts. the ex-
perienced summer resorter lays In materials
for fashioning Christmas gifts. And when
the winter holidays come, she forwards her
present with line, saying, Il made this
for you at Bar Harbor last summer or,
THE breezes of Asbury Park are woven
into this little gift" All of which make
pretty thoughts, and, better still, she is
storing up gifts against the buster winter
days.
At nearly every large resort visitors may
find teachers of embroidery In all the new
est stitches, pyrograp ply, painting, ETC.. but
the prices charged for materials at these
summer shops are, generally speaking, APP
palling to the city-bred woman After ali.
it is the simple. useful little things, in some
new pattern that most women like to make
and to receive
One of the most useful presents is a
combined skirt hanger and bag for the
dainty dancing frock. Delca tely lowered
dimities and lawns, costing from five to
twelve cents yard. are most suitable, and
three widths of wide material or four OF
narrow required. The bag should be
a few inches longer than the gown.
II the bag is Powered in pink roses, then
sew narrow 'ruffie of pink along the bot
tom, on a skirt, and line the inside of
the top to the band for the drawstring with
pink lawn, stitching continuation of this
lining down for a band. When pink rib
bon Is run through each side of the bag
and tied in bows, the gathered top will
form dainty little pink rutfie, two inches
deep.
An Easy One.
Next take wooden or wire skirt hanger,
and haste in place around 1t enough cotton
batting to make a waddng. Cover this with
shirred pink RIBBON strip of silk gath
cred each edge with a piece left beyond
the gathers to form ruffie, and then tie
pink bow in the middle. The hook and ham
ole are twisted around with ribbon, and
bow at the top finishes the work, unless
the maker wishes to add few little sachet
bags ribbon ends into which the owner
of the bag may tuck her favorite sachet.
The girl who spends her summer at the
: sea side may make lovely lamp shades,
shelf curtains and portieres by merely
stringing shells on strings and then tying
one end of each string to a tiny brass loop
in a curtain rod, to the top of lamp
shade frame.
useful gift is dainty mule for bed
room wear A pair of lambs wool insoles
forms the foundation: A Powered velvet
or satin toe is cut little larger than the
toe of shoe, by sha ping the material over
the shoe, and then cutting it. This is hem
med around. trimmed across the top with
narrow ribbon ruche and bow and then
sewed around the toe of the sole, which is
first covered with silk or satin of a pale
tint. The edge of the sole is then bound
with ribbon to match the bows. III loose
kinona sacque or silk handkerchief kimona,
of the same color as the mules. can be
mede and presented with them, so much
the better 1t is a fad to have the bed
re ON slippers match the kimona or comb
ing Sacque.
Useful and Pretty.
Another gift which every woman appre-
ciates is a set of covers for her dressing
table. 1t is the vogue to make covers OF
Powered dimity featherstitched and then
edged with lace. Make cover for the top
of the pin cushion in the same way; also
top ard ruffie for the glove and handker-
chief boxes. The hair pin holder. IL made
from a round tube, can be covered with the
material and ruffled on the edge. and the
longer hat pin holder may be trimmed In
the same style. The ribbons for bows and
loops are all eff the same shade the
stitching, but need not be all of the same
width
One of the newest finishing touches for
fancy work is ribbon work. When
picture frame has been made and passepar-
touted, paste over the edges strip of pink
ribbon and then make lot of roSettes of
narrow ribbon in two shades of pink. fill
and green. Sew these rosettes to the frame,
alternating the lighter with the darker pink
rose then tie many tiny bows of the mar
rowest width of green ribbon and fasten
bow between each rose. The effect is that
of small green leaves between miniature
roses An oval frame is finished with
pink bow at the top.
Trays for the dressing table are made in
the same manner by lining shallow basket
with the color of silk or satin that trims
the table, and covering the edge with tiny
roses of the same color.
Cretonne-covered and ribbon-tied book
backs filled with envelopes for newspaper
clippings and stamp collections: crocheted
hoods shawls and capes, all of which prom
Use to be popular next winter: d-made
waste baskets covered with Powered ma
terials; work and opera bags of various
sorts-an are suitable and acceptable
Christmas presents that can be made on
the summer resort piazza.
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