Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-07-19
THE WORKBAG.

tlonthS. but, TRANCE to say, IL doeS
Wane in popularity, and instead q
playing itself out. as an extreme 1au Is
apt TO do. it has taken q new squirt on
millinery. blouses and neckwear.
A patchwork hat of white has four
PATCHES OF wool embroidery in four Diff
ferent shades and sizes. n in front,
one in back and two at one side. y
realists poll is embroidered III au-
thentic colors in wool directly on the
front of a white felt hat. Georgette
crepe blouseS and neckwear show large
COIN dots and couchi,-g of heavy colored
WOOL. There is even a Georgette crepe
scarf with crouching and fringe OF
orange WOOL.
Scarfs just at present are receiving
more attention than anything else. They
are silk-knitted, fur trimmed. ribbon,
chiffon n the latest is a double thick
ness of bright colored hemstitching
around the entire edge, to be worn with
q White costume.
In making curtains for the bed room
windows you can economize in mater
ial by selecting swiss of scrim the
width of the window. Now measure Off
the lengths you desire the curtains and
cut the material from corner to corner
on the bias, in other words, cut from
the lower left-hand corner to the upper
left-hand corner. To this bias edge
apply a ruffle either of the material
or of coarse lace.
Finish the joining seam neatly by
stitching a strip of feather-stitched
braid or a narrow bias fold over the
rutfle and seam edge. Now finish the
broad straight edge at the top with
a hem n a narrow casing through
width Of the window. The curtains are
then shirred over the tape or small
brass rods and attached to the VIM
dows.
Drape them to Zach side of the win
Cow with ribbons or cotton cords, and
You will have a pair of very good
looking curtains. made from the guam
tlty of material generally employed in
making one curtain.
NOW h a the season for going away
has arrived and travelling paraphenalia'
is brought forth. why not urn an
ugly looking runk into an attractive
necessity. Nearly always it is neces-
sary to have the runk in your room
during your summer stay. A pretty
trunk cover car be made by taking ma
terial to match the furnishings of the
bedroom. Measure a piece Of cambria
the length of your trunk and pad it
with cotton, then lay on a piece of the
goods and tack as you would a quilt.
Next cover some button molds with
the same goods and sew them on the
lacking. For the %flounce, measure the
length OF your trunk and allow an inch
and a half for a hem. and also for a
heading; this flounce to be box plated
around three sides of the top cover. 1t
requires about seven yards Of material
for the cover n two cushions.
A good rule to follow when deter
mining the proper position Of sleeves
when placing them in a blouse is to
fold the sleeve along the forward seam
and crease it at the top Of the fold at
the opposite side. This crease marks
the point Of the sleeve that is to be
sewed to the shoulder seam.
After this, measure one-inch back of
the shoulder seam and crease the
blouse at a point exactly opposite. On
this crease the forward seam of the
sleeve is pinned. If is then an easy
matter to haste lin the under part Of
the sleeve and, gathering the upper
part of the sleeve, haste that in even
with h edge Of h armhole.
Gifts in the form of sets are always
attractive. but one which is unusually
so consists of a pillow, a strap and q
cover for the baby carriage. The pill
low is unique in shape, representing
half Of an oval, and is sure to fit into
a coach nicely. Two sprays Of flow
ers decorate the top Of the pillow
which, by the way, is of white pique-
green. Around the pillow is a ruffle
OF pique. applied without n fullness.
The little strap, which is intended
to take the place Of the leather coach
strap, is Of white pique and is orna-
mented with the same design. 1t is
advisable to make the strap double,
tor often the occupant becomes very
athletic INC pulls on the strap with all
his might.
Written across the center OF the car
riage cover is the word Baby. This
is beautifully embroidered, and is the
only thing which is different from the
design used on the. other two articles.
one mother did a, very clever thing
when making her summer coach cover,
h made the cover double, stitching
all sides together except one; this was
one Of the longer ends. This she fit
ted out with strap fasteners and then,
when the cold days arrived, she put
inside the cover a blanket neatly fold
ed. In this way she was able to dis
as we'll as the hot ones. The weight
OF the blanket prevented the pique
cover from blowing away.
Look through your bag or box con-
tanning odds and ends of embroidery
silks and let them prove useful in or
namenting guest towels and other
things. 1t is well to have a few little
towels on hand. not only for home use,
but to be showered on girls who's en-
gagements have been announced. The
most ttractive towels can ne made b.
embroiderirg across their ends little
flowers. These can be filled in with
French knots made from the various
colored silks. The result is really very
satisfactory.
Another gir-one appropriate for a
baby-can be made of Turkish toweling
n have on it a stork, a child OF
initials embroidered in the leftover
silks.
Since hand embroidery is so prevalent
on hats, one can use remnants of silks
or mercerized cottons to delinaate 8
design In many color2 The more cheer.
ful they are in hue the better the eff