The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-29

The frame must first be covered
with null or crinoline, but preferably
null matching the braid in colors. A
yard will cover the brim and crown,
forming foundation for the braid.
Sew this over the frame as smoothly
as possible, covering upper and under
brim. Bind the edge of the brim with
the braid and then cover the entire
hat with it, sewing one row after
another with the outer edge of each
row overlapping the inner edge of the
preceding row. The under brim may
be faced with ribbon like that used in
the rosette If preferred.
AS to color, the amethyst shades
are a safe choice Olive, moss or
light green's, navy or light blues, tan,
banana and light browns, in fact there
is almost nothing in colors that will
not harmonic with lilacs and roses.
The ribbon should be of the same
color as the braid, but need not be
just the same shade. Make the flower
wreath and sew it to the hat. Then
make the rosette, which is sewed on
last. Finally the hat is lined with a
scrap of silk, and is ready for wear,
an achievement of which the clever
maker has a right to be proud. If
she has any misgivings about how to
proceed with the making, let her ex-
anime any hats made of braid, which
come within her reach.
Suppose, however, our home-milliner
lives where an Easter falling in March
is likely to be far from an ideal spring
day. Her needs have been looked
after, and she should choose braids
in darker, stronger colors, than for
flower-trimmed hats. A moss green.
olive or clear bright navy, or any uf
the good shades of brown. The blue
of the bluebird is the happiest of Sc
lections. For trimming, velvet ribbon,
satin bows and fancy feather quilts
are the proper choice, or wings may
be used. Let the satin ribbon be of
the same color as the braid. The vel
vet ribbon may be dash of bright
shade of the same color as the satin
ribbon.
For the feather, nothing is much
prettier than the iridescent coque, but
there are so many to choose from that
ono may use the individual taste in
threaded through small slashes cut in
the covered frame, the fancy feathers
are sewed on firmly and over them
a group of loops made of two yards
of No. go ribbon. If the matter OF
covering the hat with braid seems too
made and simply trimmed with folded
satin ribbon, cluster of quilts and ar
ornament or flower placed in the cen
ter of rosette made of loops. Five
yards of ribbon are needed for this
hat and two broad, or cluster of mar
row quilts.
The ribbon is laid in folds and
tucked about the hat in what is known
as crushed" band. The rosette is a
series of loops four inches deep sewed
to a little piece of buckram, the size
of silver dollar. This is sewed to
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been adjusted Finally an ornament
or a fiat flower is sewed at the center
of the rosette, completing the trim
ming.
These hats provide one with some
thing pretty for Easter and very use
full for the spring and early summer,
or for general wear all summer, for
that matter. The last two described
are very handsome in all black
Twelve yards of braid are needed at
least for this model, one yard of null,
and spool of silk thread matching
the braid in color. Finally, let me
whisper to those interested, the mas
culine members of your family will
think your achievement wonderfully
clever, if you make your own hat