Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
The W0RKBAG.

A simple center piece to use in the
bungalow on the dining table between
meals may be made Of cretonne. The
centerpiece is made of two circles OF
the same diameter cut from the ere
tonne If the paper i'll the room is
plain, a figured material repeating as
its principal color the same as that on
the walls will be in good taste. With
q patterned paper a plain cretonne
should be used. After the circles are
cut. the edges are turned slightly In all
around and the two circles are sewed
together on the edges with invisible
stitches. To finish off. stitch on a lace
edge. Centerpieces can be made in this
way to match any color scheme or to
fit any table.
The doilies which are used on the
s,lmmer porch as covers for the
witches, cake and pitcher of iced drinks
can be most attract1vely weighted by
beads so hat they will not be carried
away or misplaced by a breeze. If
the dolly is square, a cluster of porce-
lain beads fastened in each corner of
the cover will be sufficient. If the
doilies are embroidered, colors match
ing the embroidery Oul be used. One
orange and two blue beads on a blue
and white doi'v woul be most attract
i've. Some of the new doilies intended
for this purpose have a simple. GRO
cheted edge, the beads being caught in
the crocheting as the work proceeds.
Try making the new hairpin lace and
using it in place of hemstitching. 1t is
very easy to make and it lasts so much
ionger. Take a straight hairpin. Make
4 loop with thread or crochet cotton in
middle Of hairpin. Place crochet needle
On under side of hairpin and turn hair
pin. Catch thread with crochet hook
Ind draw through loop. Then turn hair
pin and plate crochet needle in the
!oop. With crochet needle In the loop
IN the middle of hairpin catch loop
lround the hairpin. You will then have
.wo loops of thread on crochet needle:
hen catch thread with the needle and
pull it through the two. You will then
! have the one loop in middle Of hairpin
% start again.
If you wish to make a centerpiece
mainly of leaves, try this stitch. First
work an ordinary cat stitch from side
20 side. following the outline Of the
eaf. A cat stitch is a series Of stitches
taken from side to side between two
ines. After the leaf is filled with cat
, bitches, take a new thread, and start
ng up the top Of the leaf, take two
tight buttonhole stitches where the
threads cross, then carry the thread
across to the next crossed stitches on
he opposite side and again take two
forth in this a until the left Is filled.
Cover the marked line OF the leaf with
, kensington outline I'M 1t Is complete.
A pretty little shoulder wrap of new
! design will be just the thing for catch
up work this summer on the porch.
The wrap is merely a knitted scarf.
about 81 inches wide and long enough
to stretch from wrist to wrist when
the arms are extended out at the sides.
When the long scarf has been COM
pleted in an ordinary loose knitting
stitch, with zephyr worsted and a
thread of silk to give it that brilliant
effect which Is so attractive in a
worsted garment, the sides are at
tached to knitted cuffs. which are done
in a ribbed stitch, SO that while elastic
they cling around the wrists rather
closely. When the scarf is thrown
around the shoulders the hands are
thrust through the ribbed wristlets and
n has a cozy wrap, very light, yet
quite enough covering for summer eve
nings. These wraps are charming in
| pale pink, pale blue or lavender, and
they are very easy to make.
With a punch make two holes In the
center Of the cover of our hat box sc
that they form a tiye-inch square
Then. starting on the under side of the
cover, run a piece of string or ribbon
through the upper left and hole; let
it enter the hole ~diagonally opposite;
pring 1t through again at the upper
right hand hole and across to the
lower left hand hole. Tie the two ends
In a knot on the wrong side and you
will have a handle loose enough to slip
your hard into conveniently, with the
other hand free to eXtricate the hat
from it's wrappings.