The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-09-28
FLAGS FOR DECORATION.
How to Make Banners and Streamor
For Christmas Festival

How to Make Banners and Streamor:
For Christmas Festival.
There is generally a demand at
Christmas time for banners and tlng%
for decorative purposes, as they :Hn
be very effectively introduced among
the holly, miStletoe and evergreens ~
the hall, ballroom aud dining room.
While Tor school treats. parish teas.
etc, they are quite .mdiSpen sable.
These can be ineXpensively made al
home as no grent skill is required
Bunting win stand rough wear and
is cheap. but other materials may be
employed, such as alpaca cloth. serge,
silk. WOOlen rep and cotton velvet. In
hall either silk or alpaca would be
suitable, in a ballroom silk. in din.
ing room velvet or silk Or, for
school feast, cloth or wOolen rep.
The letters can be embroidered upon
the flag. but applique designs are more
effective and need very much less
work. If embroidered the ordinary
creWel stitch should not he used, as
the effect is too fiat and not sufficient
Iy bold. The basket and straight stitch.
es and the French knot are much the
best for either notices or devices, and
all kinds Of thread may be used, ac-
cording to the quality of the ground
work. Gold and silver thread, tapes
try and other woods may be utilized.
Having decided upon the size of the
flag, cut the material to fit, lay 1t
upon large table and arrange the in
scription, pinning each letter or orna-
ment into position and carefully meas
uring the spaces to insure regularity.
In cutting out letters enormous size
is not altogether necessary for legi-
bility. Much more depends upon sim
plicity of form and in the grouping
of the letters of each word closely to-
gether and allowing a reasonable dis
tance between the words themselves.
When the motto or inscription is ar
ranged tack it firmly in place and note
the effect before sewing it: then close
ly buttonhOle the letters all around the
edge, fixing them to the material.
Should the device be required on both
sides make the material double, sew
ing the letters on each side separately
before Joining the two pieces together.
The flag may be oblOng or triangular,
or the Oblong may have the lower edge
yandyked and finished with braid, silk
fringe or cord. If fringe, then silk
tassel at each corner is nice finish,
and this, as well as the cord by which
it is suspended, should match in color.
To prevent the banner being too limp
a cord should be run through the hem
around the edge to slightly stiffen 1t,
and it is then fastened to the pole by
strong cords fixed to the crOssbar. On
the top Of the banner q number of
small curtain rings must be neatly
sewed, or, perhaps better still, loops of
cord, and these are slipped over the
crossbar, or in the case of flag they
are put upon the side and then slipped
upon the pole itself. The pole is gen.
orally painted or stained, and the head
is of turned wood, frequently gllded.
When monograms, crests and coats
of arms are to be worked gold cloth
cut out and worked upon material of
a rich subdued coloring is particularly
handsome, or those who are clever
with paint brush can paint the de-
vice in oils.