Evening star., 1918-11-29
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Of Scrap Bag-Gifts for Chii-
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arc only to be laid on the family
table. Half the pleasure Of Christ
mas 10 In untying dainty ribbons,
unfolding crisp tissue and breaking
quaint seals. The most simple gift
receives an added charm il 1t is put
up in attractive shape and 10 accom-
panied by an appropriate. verso or .
bright pleasant greeting. The gift
maker who IL wise will purchase ma
terials in quantity. II ribbon is pur-
chased by the bolt. sachet powder by
the bottle and lace by the piece.
beautiful things may be made at a
trihing cost.
It is well to have q Christmas handy
box, into which you can put the many
little conveniences needed for wrap
ping and which, If left for the last
moment, will cause confusion and
delay. Into this box put generous
amount of white tissue paper for
wrapping the gifts. plenty OF narrow
holiday ribbon. = ball Of cord for
small packages and one Of stout twine
for those which take long journey.
rubber bands. Christmas stickers.
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cards, boxes of the sizes most needed
and number of pieces Of pasteboard.
Always tic outside wrappings with
double knots at each crossing, SO that
the cord cannot slip. II you are
tying with a slick piece of cord, wet
Guilty In tying it in a firm knot.
Rafia comes in white, natural color.
red, blues. browns and three shades
Of green. and is even prettier than
ribbon and less expensive. Very ef-
fective knots and bows may be made
q number of short pieces.
You may wrap gift in paper. place
1t in a box and then use colored rolls
OF passepartout as you would the
more expensive holiday ribbons to tie
the package. To make the wrapping
combine the colors of paper and
fastening. White paper and green
passepartout, red bound with gold and
green with silver are good. AS the
passepartout cannot be actually tied.
i s Is held in nj place with the the little tie
sleigh bells, red poinsettias and sprays
Of holly and mistletoe. Gold and
silver cord can be bought by the
spool and may be used to tie up
articles too small for the wide passe-
fastened to each package. SO that
there will be no doubt for whom the
package is intended.
Gifts that can be rolled over tube,
such as music, linens, or fancy work.
should be wrapped in white tissue
paper, tied around the middle with
red ribbon and scaled with red wax.
Wrap books in scarlet. and wind UNI
brellas and canes with strips Of white
and scarlet paper. Transforming them
into candy canes. Wrap pieces OF
up on top and tie. Then clip into
poinsettia blooms Wrap the saucer
or plato in green paper and tie the
poinsettia blossoms on with ribbon.
Put in every Christmas package a
with the rich green and bronze colors.
Selection Of Gifts.
Gifts all Of one kind for all your
friends may solve the problem for a
busy man or woman. For instance,
gloves or handkerchiefs to your man
friends. and hosiery. neckwear. gloves
or handkerchiefs to your woman
friends. When you have to remember
to eaeh-big bath towels to mon, en-
broidered ones to the girls and young
housekeepers, small linen towels for
the baby and tiny ones, with their
names upon them, to little girls. and
neat and attractive dish towels to the
mother.
All sorts of little novelties may be
made from the contents Of scrap
bag possessed by the average woman.
Pieces of linen, silk. ribbon, lace.
beadwork, silk braid. fringe, etc, will
work up into any number of dainty
gifts. such az collars. sachet bags and
other bags, pincushion covers, doilies.
centerpieces, handkerchief folders.
covers for coat hangers and many
other things. Wall paper can be used
to cover cardboard, inside and out,
and tied together with tape or ribbons
will make scrap basketS, wall pockets
and similar articles.
for gifts. work buttonhole at each
end Of the waistband and tie ribbons
in for strings. They are easily united
when the apron is washed and add a
pretty touch to the gift. A nice thing
to do when making a fancy gift. such
as an apron, q sewing bag, or an
oddly shaped gift; is to carefully cut
dainty white tissue paper and then
fasten 1t to the gift.
Shoe bags and sewing bags are al
ways useful gifts and easily made.
They may be made from any stray
pieces of bright-colored silk. linen,
OF that class: or the shoe bag may
with braid. The loosely gathered
sewing bag may have an outside flap
to contain the needle box. and a
pretty fancy Is to embroider the
owners initials on the outside of the
flap. Fancy brass rings are sewed to