Dusting bag of figured cretonne hangs at the head of the bed, can
be made most any shape with lid, hung with brass ring ; decorate the
lid and bottom of bag with tassels made of crewel, combed out. In
this is a duster square the width of cheese cloth, feather-stitched
around the hem with* bright color, a most aesthetic and ultra gift at
present and within most anyone's means.
Laundry bags of linen with various mottoes in large lettering.
Bags that use a mantel, table, chair, picture, or easel as a peg, must
be of a more ornamental character, such as those made of silk hand-
kerchiefs.
Work-bag. — Take a red or blue handkerchief, or one that shades
from one color to another, sew a gold lace around the edge ; stitch on
narrow ribbon in circle as place for shirr string ; use two ribbons, one
blue and one red ; make a button-hole at the opposite side of bag, to
run in the ribbon both ways and pull easily ; a dainty one is of maize-
colored crepe handkerchief, trimmed with ecru lace, charming for work
or party bags.
A silk handkerchief can be folded once, making a half square, the
two ends sewed up and the lengthways sewed, leaving a place large
enough to put in work ; one end is gathered and fastened with a bunch
of ribbons; loops of ribbons or balls on the other ends; an ivory or
brass ring is pretty to pull one end through. The fine plaid handker-
chiefs are the prettiest for these.
A decorative bag is of blue pongee, half yard of pongee in length ;
make a round pasteboard bottom of about five inches in diameter ;
cover with same material ; sew the full width of pongee on to the bot-
tom over and over ; it will need to be gathered ; turn in top deep enough
to shirr ; blue satin ribbons of same color for draw strings ; paint with
the copper and bronze lustre paints bunches of fruit, such as cherries,
plums, grapes, etc. ; very effective for party bag.
END OF LONG WORK BAG.
Ground Dark^Blue, lined with Mahogany or Bronze Surah. Outline-Work in
same shade of Filoselle.
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Take a square the width of velveteen ; cut corners off to make the
largest round, one of olive brown velveteen ; face around with canary-
colored satin finger in depth ; embroider rings of gold thread over the
velveteen; one can mark their own rings with a silver dollar, with
chalk or white paints ; canary-colored strings.
Any bright colored plush or velveteen can be made into these bags
with lace sewed on the edge — gold or silver lace — or white with bright
colored filoselles run through by the pattern.
Get one yard of six different colors of satin ribbon ; cut in two so
there will be twelve half yards ; sew these together over and over, and
sew on to round bottom of cardboard of four or five inches in diameter ;
this is covered with one of the colors ; turn the ends at top into loops ;
draw with narrow ribbons; a pretty combination of colors are olive
green, pale lavender, yellow, scarlet, pink and light blue.
KNITTING.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Dusting bag of figured cretonne hangs at the head of the bed, can be made most any shape with lid, hung with brass ring ; decorate the lid and bottom of bag with tassels made of crewel, combed out. In this is a duster square the width of cheese cloth, feather-stitched around the hem with bright color, a most aesthetic and ultra gift at present and within most anyone's means.
Laundry bags of linen with various mottoes in large lettering.
Bags that use a mantel, table, chair, picture, or easel as a peg, must be of a more ornamental character, such as those made of silk handkerchiefs.
Work-bag. — Take a red or blue handkerchief, or one that shades from one color to another, sew a gold lace around the edge ; stitch on narrow ribbon in circle as place for shirr string ; use two ribbons, one blue and one red ; make a button-hole at the opposite side of bag, to run in the ribbon both ways and pull easily ; a dainty one is of maize-colored crepe handkerchief, trimmed with ecru lace, charming for work or party bags.
A silk handkerchief can be folded once, making a half square, the two ends sewed up and the lengthways sewed, leaving a place large enough to put in work ; one end is gathered and fastened with a bunch of ribbons; loops of ribbons or balls on the other ends; an ivory or brass ring is pretty to pull one end through. The fine plaid handkerchiefs are the prettiest for these.
A decorative bag is of blue pongee, half yard of pongee in length ; make a round pasteboard bottom of about five inches in diameter ; cover with same material ; sew the full width of pongee on to the bottom over and over ; it will need to be gathered ; turn in top deep enough to shirr ; blue satin ribbons of same color for draw strings ; paint with the copper and bronze lustre paints bunches of fruit, such as cherries, plums, grapes, etc. ; very effective for party bag.
END OF LONG WORK BAG.
Ground Dark^Blue, lined with Mahogany or Bronze Surah. Outline-Work in same shade of Filoselle.
COMFORTABLES. 659
Take a square the width of velveteen ; cut corners off to make the largest round, one of olive brown velveteen ; face around with canarycolored satin finger in depth ; embroider rings of gold thread over the velveteen; one can mark their own rings with a silver dollar, with chalk or white paints ; canary-colored strings.
Any bright colored plush or velveteen can be made into these bags with lace sewed on the edge — gold or silver lace — or white with bright colored filoselles run through by the pattern.
Get one yard of six different colors of satin ribbon ; cut in two so there will be twelve half yards ; sew these together over and over, and sew on to round bottom of cardboard of four or five inches in diameter ; this is covered with one of the colors ; turn the ends at top into loops ; draw with narrow ribbons; a pretty combination of colors are olive green, pale lavender, yellow, scarlet, pink and light blue.
KNITTING.