Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-10

afterward merely the tips are curled
up to give the necessary finish. Ex-
cept in plain black and white almost
all of these tremendously long feath-
ers are varied in their coloring. If 9
pale color runs up the center with the
stem, the outer edges are more deeply
tinted, or vice versa; a white feather
near the root may have shell pink
showing at the tip, a pink will merge
into pale gray or brown, and so on.
Spangles which, when well arranged.
make such beautiful ornaments and
are in such great demand nowadays
that the work of sewing them on
dresses and odds and ends has become
doubly attractive.
The spangles come in small pack
ages, containing about a gross Most
of them are perfectly round and about
an eighth of an inch in diameter.
though other shapes are like stars or
snow crystals, or are shapely pointed
at the ends and slightly diamond
shaped. All are fiat and as thick as a
sheet of writing paper, having hole
through the center for fastening. A
tiny gilt or colored bead may be used
for this purpose by tying a thread
through the bead and making a knot.
which should however, show on the
right side of the work. In this case.
after the. thread is fastened firmly to
the bead, a single stitch will be all that
is necessary on the right side, but the
thread must be carefully finished off on
the wrong side before cutting.
If the spangles are placed so close
together that they touch the thread or
silk used to sew them on with must
show a single unbroken line through
the spangles on the right side. This is
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the edge of the spangle, down through
the center, then up outside the opposite
edge, down through the next and so
on until the line is evenly covered, the
spangles Just touching each other and
having an unbroken line through their
centers of silk: now turn round and
come back to the first spangle in the
same way, so that the line is as
straight through the center of the pat
tern as though drawn with a pencil.
Use silk as near as possible to match
the spangles for sewing them on, ex-
cept when the beads are used as knots,
or the spangles do not touch, and then
it is better to match the bead in color
The materials used for this fascinat-
ing work are chiffon and a fine meshed
net for the accessories of dress. Vel
vet finished kid or leather are the ia
vorites for bags and cases, though
opera bags, note books, card cases and
bags for the side are very beautiful
made of moire or heavy brocade, hav-
ing an elaborate design in the spangles,
Each article must be carefully lined
with silk and n stiffenng of canvas be-
fore making up, so that the stitches
on the wrong side may not show When
the article is finished. OF chiffon,
gauze and velvet may be made many
hat crowns, fans, yokes and UNDER
sleeves; in fact, whole gowns are orna-
mented in this way. using light skele
ton designs, which are scattered rather
coat-of-mail rather than the light gos-
samer idea desired.
Ornaments for the hair are easy for
the beginner to make. Draw a butter
fly design on piece of white tissue
black mousseline, following the lines
carefully. Sew the spangles on through
the paper, which is to be pulled out
afterward, being careful not to allow
the mousseline to become drawn or
pulled. Now cut out all around a lit
tie larger than the butterfly Is to be
when finished, and roll the edges over a !
fine bonnet wire bending 1t into shape
end tackingl 1t firmly into place. Roll
up strip of mousseline for the body |
and fasten the wires Of the wings into |
this securely; cover the body with |
spangles and sew a large round steel
bead on for the head the antennae be-
ing wires (silk bonnet wire Is good)
tipped with jet beads. Sew this but
terfiy on TO long shell pin and no
prettier ornament could be imagined.