Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-08
You Trim
Your Own

y 70 WOMAN without a natural
IN born talent for hat trimming
q ever wisely dispenses with
liner unless she is faced by the
dire necessity for doing so. Hat
trimming, even when il amounts
merely to putting quill on hat
or placing a bow OF ribbon, is
ticklish business. 1t Is far easier
to make presentable dress at
home than il to trim hat.
However, it can be done and,
always providing you have the
knack, Of course, you may be able
to achieve good results. Add TO
your knack the Willingness TO
watch the tendencies OF the sea-
sons and to make hats for your
self that are not only artistic and
becoming, but that are in the pre-
yailing mode.
There are many straw braidz
this spring that prove useful to
the woman who must make her
own hats. She may buy a canvas
shape OF really good line and
then cover it with some good
braid, with the resulting hat CON
siderably better in shape and nm
ish than she could buy in a ready
/ blocked hat for the same price.
Then there are several fabrics
| that may be used for covering can
vas frames TO advantage, among
them haircloth, grasscloth and
candy cloth. The latter has
high, shiny finish that produces
much smartness, especially In
black or dark blue.
The burnt ostrich fancies for
the season are an inexpensive
trimming that gives tone Of
smartness and some OF the new
feather fancies made from goose
feathers are extremely smart.
There is a stipple grass, that is
almost like fur in softness, that
may be used effectively in bands
on small hats.
There is always more danger
= from over trimming than under
= trimming. Often amateur seek 10
p cover up their faulty technique by
adding more trimming than is
necessary. The effect is sure 20
be unfortunate.
Smart use is made of ribbon in
trimming the new hats. and one
, of the shiny finish ribbons ia a
good selection for the amateur
In many stores you can get rib
bon tied into smart bows suitable
for hats for the price Of the rib
= bon and IL is a good plan TO avail
yourself of this privilege.
There are quilts, so-called, or
some of the hats that are made oil
taffeta or other silk on wire
. foundation. Sometimes there Is
an embroidered veining on the
silk. IN one instance there is z
line of tiny silk roses through tbs
: center of the hat.
] Wheat is still used to advantage
I on the new hats. Red wheat on
r black hat satisfies the new demani
i for high color.
l. Matchstick trimming prove
popular.
- Leather and cire fabric that re
= sembles black patent leather
. much in evidence. Some hat
o show lilies made of black paten
- leather.
u Kid. especially in white. show
: ing a dull finish, is seen on som
{ of the new hats combined espec
Il ally With bright green. Some
times it is trimmed with brigh
beads.
Chestnut burrs are among tn
trimmings to be found at Oh
flower counters that may be use
effectively.
Pompons are seen on many {
n the hats for street wear and thes
o are newest when they show a con
.e bination of colors.
% 1t has been said that the Frenc
IL milliners are making few hats {
II all straw, with the result tn;
lie straw is used effectively as trim
ming on silk or braid hats.
1t has also been said that ri
IT bon, feathers and flowers enjc
4, equal popularity, and the CONNER
v has been made that artificial fru
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