Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
THE NEWEST FANCIES
II
Ribbon Work Leads in Fancy
II
Sewing.
MADE MIRO FLOWERS
AMERICAN REAUTY ROSES BUILT
FROM SOFT FABRICS.
Set On Satin Finished Waste Baskets
and Trimmings-New Patterns
for Opera Bags.
MADE z MIRO FLOWERS

/ Written for The Evening Star.
| The marvellous colorings and the ex-
IRENE suppleness of the modern ribbon
| open for it marry new lines of usefulness.
The fancy which started with fiowerlike
BOWS In the hair or at the corsage has
| Deem developed and improved in many
ways and for many uses. OF the making
| OF bags for various purposes and the fur
nlshfngs' of dressing tables there Is prac-
ticaiiy no end and here many sorts Of
RIBBONS are combined to give effective re-
| suits.
| Every hostess can look back to the day
OF hideous table decorations in heavy satin
ribbon. Today the same material handled
| by deft fingers will produce decora tions
which fit in exquisitely and tremendously
with natural flowers, most trying of COM
PARSONS
centerpiece Of American beauty roses
| with long stems is effective tied with wide
satin ribbon in loops and long ends show
ing the dark and light shades in the roses.
| AT each corner of the table is a vase,
| lower than the one employed in the center.
| hoiding four or five buds made Of ribbon In
| the American beauty shades, together with
green velvet leaves and tied with loops
ana ENDS of the ribbon to match the GEN.
| ter piece.
| Another table decoration in these same
prliliant colors shows three American
beauty buds, just ready to spring into full
| bloom, formed from supple ribbon In the
| American beauty tint, shading to pink
| The petals are built of doubled ribbon, and
| the outside leaves are turned back to form
q point, giving the curling effect of the
| natural petal Green velvet leaves accom-
pany these roses, and wide streamers of
| American beauty satin ribbon extend
from the vase which holds the buds to the
| four corners of the table. On circular
table the ribbons extend from the center to
| the edge, forming triangle for each
guest
A Sunfower Center.
In like manner, long ribbons of yellow
| satin radiate from large sunfiower built
| from yellow or orange satin ribbon, with
| a center of the narrowest baby ribbon in
| brown. Another fiat centerpiece is COM
posed of a large bunch of violets made
| from inch-w'ide velvet ribbon in the violet
| shade with lavender silk back. The head
| OF each flower is formed from three short
| loops of the velvet, displaying both the
| violet and the lavender sides, fastened by d
| Silk thread to a fine wire. The wire is
| then wound with green tissue paper. Real
| violet leaves remain fresh for many weeks,
| and they cam be used to encircle the bunch
| of ribbon blossoms.
| Still another centerpiece in jaeouemfnot
| red shows tall bunch of jacqueminot buds
| 1nterspersed with green velvet leaves and
| tied with loops and long ends of wide satin
| ribbon in the same rich color. Only the
|
| ployed in this form of decoration, as the
heavy satin ribbon is entirely too stir.
bunch of tea roses built from cream
satin ribbon adds. beauty to an otherwise
| plain straw. scrap basket, and a bunch of
| roses done in satin ribbon, shading from
| baby blue almost to White is effective
T when festooned with green velvet leaves on
| white split-silk waste basket.
Sewing Baskets.
| Baskets for sewing or boxes to hold
| gloves, handkerchiefs or neckwear are
! made wonderfully attractive by the addt-
| ton of a cluster of tiny pink ribbon rose
| buds or a bunch of silk violets with velvet
| leaves. Alpine blooms and marguerites are
| also used to beautfy and soften the fur
nishiEgs of a dressing table These are
made of narrow white satin ribbon held IN
| shape by a knot at the tip of each petal,
| while the center is bit OF pale yellow
ribbon.
| The possibilities of the new pompadour
! ribbons are countless, and they are exhfb-
| tied in every conceivable width and in the
most exquisite designs. A bag for dancing
| slippers, seen recently at smart class,
was built from yard of white ribbon
| twelve inches wide, showing clusters of
! lily of the valley with its long. graceful
| leaves. The flowers blended from liquid
green into the white background, the edges
| of which for half inch were of white
| satin. The ribbon was joined by overcast
| ing the selvage edges, and was finished at
| bon covered with an eight-inch double fold
| of white accordion-p leated chiffon, gather
ed through the center. The bag was lined
| with blue satin ribbon of the same width
and was drawn up by narrow ribbon run
! through brass rings, which were fastened
| at the base Of the heading. This same bag
would be more Serviceable and quite as
| handsome if built from the same width rib
| bon In black or sapphire blue, showing the
palm leaf in brick red and brown Persian
| effects. or in scarlet showing the palm leaf
| in brown Persian effects.
An Azalea Bag.
Beautiful ribbon for an opera bag is ten
| inches wide and has at intervals clusters OF
| azaleas, each showing three rows OF
| blooms, one pale blue. pink and one
! delicate green softly fading into the row
above. The bag shape is evolved by gath
| erng the ribbon on two brass rods which
| have been wound with inch-wide velvet rib
| bon In any of the three shades seen in the
azaIeas Another beautiful ribbon for an
| opera bag shows vine of pale primroses,
| and is set off on either side by a black
| satin sewage half an inch in width
Bags to hold large pieces of fancy work
are made from two strips of wide ribbon,
| put together to give the effect of a huge
| ball. One of white ribbon, showing big gold
disks was formed by telling together the
| selvages of two strips three-quarters of a
| yard long. The outer selvages were gath
cred into tight knots, which formed the
| poles of the ball, and the ends of the rib
| bon were hemmed, inclosing a length of
whalebonea which kept the bag in ball
shape. Another fetching work bag was
| built of wide Lavender ribbon, showing deep
purple rosebuds. Each side of the top of
| the bag was attached to half the circum-
ference of a wooden ring. The remaining
halves of the two rings were wound with
purple ribbon and served as handles.
Sa A Veil Case.
The girl who is particularly fond of the
| German emperor's favorite bloom will find
haa,,tif,,I ma teriaI for a veil cara In 4l,a