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Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-29 | Page 26 | Tassels for Trimming

Type issue
Date 1912-09-29
Paper Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Tassels for Trimming
Type article
Date 1912-09-29
Paper Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 26
OCR Text TASSELS FOR TRIMMING ASSELS and trin fringes es are a n. favorite fa T TASSELS trimming Just ne now for tor afternoon and evening e dresses The workmanship workmanship work work- manship on some of or these thes trimmings trImming's is wonderfully Intricate and could not well be attempted b by any 11 but a a. skilled ma maker er of ot fringes but others are quite simple In construction and can cnn easily be duplicated at home for about a third of ot tho the price demanded in fn the shops For heavy silk tassels buy a ball of or knitting silk In an any desired color and wind 1 enough of ot It around a card cut th the tho size that you ou wish the tho tassel to be long longan longan longan an ordinary postcard makes 4 a a. good good- sized tassel then run a thread of oC silk under that wound on tho the card and tie it ft firmly at the top Now cut the threads at the tho other end ond of ot the card running the scissors along tho edge of ot tho the card so as 5 to bo ho sure SUN to cut straight Tie Tiel all nil the threads securely a a. half LUJI lull lIU WiLlI- WiLlI S LUU thread around and around until you ou late have formed a 0 small head hend for tho the tassel finishing off ort the thread at nt the top b by catching it under the tho other other- threads and making malting a loop by which to Q attach It to the dress or sash To 10 o make snake a round head to te the tassel take tako two rounded button molds lay them together with tho the flat fiat sides touchIng touch- touch Ing lag then cover er them with thin muslin No Now run the thread used to tie Ua the tho top of or the tho tassel when it is on the tho card up through gh the center q r these buttons and fasten it with a knot drawing the silk tassel up p close to It Cover the buttons with narrow narrow braid the tho color of ot tho the silk by winding it around from the lower end to the top turning In the ends end or of tho he braid under the silk Bilk threads l Form orm a 11 loop of or braid to ta fasten the tassel Bead Doad tassels are very pretty prett About I bunch alt bunch A 0 of of- beads beada Is la required to for one ona tassel tasel Gold Cold ones are particularly lovely Although although- you ou can make them of ot an any color beads beade you OU like or of ot various various various va va- rious colors to correspond with the tha colors on your gown String th the bea beads 1 on heavy y sewing silk that has b been beon on waxed string three beads bends then turn tho the thread about over ono one bead and goback go ga goback back through the other two and from tram there continuo continue stringing until you ou have hava havethe the tho desired length for the tassel Count the tho beads heads so that th evo every str strand nd will bl bo be botho betho tho tho same ume len length h tie tic th them m all aU together at nt the tho top and Union with one larg large gold bead or witha a small wad of ot cotton wool wound around with strands of tiny beads Tassels can be made of or fringe wound around at the top and having this top covered with braid or small beads Then There are so 30 many ways to make mak t tassels It tt would boo bo impossible to tell you rou of them all nil here Your Tour own Ingenuity Ingenuity Ingenuity Inge Inge- will suggest many other pretty ways way's once you ou get started get started in this fascinating fascinating fasci fasci- anti and inexpensive e work e
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