Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1912 — BEAD TASSEL EASILY MADE [ARTICLE]

BEAD TASSEL EASILY MADE

Having the Fringe and Beads, the Decoration Is by No Means Hard to Put Together. A very simple bead tassel can be made from deep fringe or from loose beads. If you use loose beads you must thread forty lengths of seventy beads each, or twenty lengths of a hundred and thirty beads if a double end is preferred to a single one. Each length is attached to a narrow strip of satin ribbon, which is then wound round and round and stitched through to prevent the middle of the little bundle from slipping. If the tassel is made of fringe, cut off five inches and wrap the heading round and sew as described above. Next take a piece of stiffening one inch and a half long, two inches broad at one end and three-quarters of an inch at the other. Cover with silk and oversew the edges together so as to form a tube. Slip the satin ribbon inside the larger aperture in the tube and sUtch through securely, for the beads make the tassel very heavy. Thread about two hundred beads and wind the string round the tube to completely cover the silk, sewing at intervals. Make another string of eighty beads, double into three, and sew to the top to form a loop.