Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1912 — FASHIONG [ARTICLE]

FASHIONG

NOVEL BRAID DAISIES THEY ARE MADE OF REVIVED RICK-RACK TRIMMING. Cabochon of Them Placed at the Side of White Lingerie or Straw Hat Gives a Most Pleasing Effect On one of the expensive little hats tor children seen the otter day a wreath of daisies was used with great effect It was a model sent out by a noted milliner in Paris, yet any needlewoman could reproduce it. The whole story hinges around the making of the daisies.

Do you remember the old-fashioned rick-rack braid used on our baby dresses? In those days our mothers were busy in sewing together this serpentine braid in straight bands, in more Intricate flower designs, or in motifs that were inset on yokes and sleeves. Rick-rack trimming has been revived. It is so easy and so very effective that it comes back with a double appeal.

The braid Is serpentine and generally white in color. It can be sewed at the points and very easily twisted in a flower that, when a yellow center of braid or linen is added, resembles a daisy with pleasing fidelity. . Some daisies can be made in double rows; some la triple rows. The daisy form then changes to a dahlia; but whatever the flower may be, it is attractive.

When one daisy is made, you will repeat the process, which is very easy, and add the daisies in a straight line or in an irregular wreath, one followed by two or three in a group. A huge cabochon of these braid daisies placed at the side of a white lingerie hat or a fine straw shape will look new and will remind one of the popular field flowers that have been accorded so much favor this spring. From the millinery idea the clever woman can depart iqto other fields of dress. On dainty little flower frocks of figured batiste, mull or muslin, little clusters of rick-rack daisies can be placed at the girdle, on the ends of sashes or in garlands that hold up the drapery at the side of a skirt. 1 A high waist line can be outlined with these pretty little flowers. As the rick-rack braid is procurable in several widths, daisies can be made In several sizes, and a delightful variety can be given by grouping little and big flowers. Rick-rack can be bought at the art needlework department or at the notion counter of any large store. There promises to be much work in this new flower idea-. .. .... •’ .-'