Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1911 — Rosettes of Ribbon [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Rosettes of Ribbon

WOMEN are always looking for new uses for ribbon and new ways of making it into garnitures. Three new rosettes, suited to many different purposes, will interest every one, especially as they are easy to make. Household decorations and millinery trimmings lead in the demand for new and beautiful forms of ribbon garniture and these rosettes, made in appropriate sizes, may be used with equal propriety on a dining table or a hat, just as natural flowers are used. Ora Cue is the prolific designer of innumerable bows, rosettes, and other entirely new ribbon garnitures which promise to add new fields of conquest for the beauties of ribbons. Paris and New York are, very naturally, his territory, since those rich cities give much time and spend much money in order to enjoy new beauties and luxuries. But the ribbon garniture is within the reach of most' people, and the three forms shown here are all very simple. No. i is made of a satin ribbon three or more inches wide and consists of a cluster of loops each erf which is knotted at the top for millinery use. They are all sdwed to a small foundation of buckram, about the size of a silver dollar. The rosette may be made

without a foudation by sewing the loops together at their bases. No. 2 is a simple flower form made by sewing a scant ruffle of ribbon to a foundation of buckram or net or to a wire stem. By folding down the outer edge at intervals, and tacking them to place, separate petals are simulated. This rosette is made or ribbon three or more inches wide, with four or five irregular rows of the petals from the center to the outer edge. A very novel and beautiful form is shown in Fig. 3. A circle of bonnet wire forms the center of this rosette, which consists of a series of loops with ends brought about the wire circle and tacked to place on the under side. Two long ends of ribbon, tied in a simple bow, finish this rosette and add to its beauty. Innumerable beautiful forms may be invented of ribbons, but the faculty required to design them seems to be very rare. A greater number of people, with a genius for fashioning things, will be inspired to turn their attention to this particular use for their gift, since the work of this new designer meets with an Instant success and shows a public waiting for new developments of ribbon into beautiful forms.