Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1913 — PRETTY JABOTS AND COLLARS [ARTICLE]

PRETTY JABOTS AND COLLARS

Some' of the Neatest and Most Effective May Be the Product* Home Skill. : ;^* v _________ • A visit to the counters where dainty neck fixings are sold reveals the fact that jabots and collars are lovelier than ever. Frills are to longer worm on the coat; they have been supplanted by the jabot and rabat collar. A pretty jabot can be made of tulle or Brussels net cut in a strip twelve inches long by seven inches wide. On this embroider a dainty design vritlx mercerized cotton. This can be more successfully executed if a piece of stiff paper is basted unde* the tulle. Whipstitch an edging of valenciennee lace to the edge of the strip and baste the pleats in place. Finally press with a heated iron and bind the top with a bias Btrip of lawn. If you do not embroider well* charming collars can be made of fine allover embroideries. Many of the loveliest designs are colored to represent the old colonial needlework. Select a pattern which fits well and arrange the strip of embroidery around edge. Carefully miter the corners so that the design matches perfectly. There is great satisfaction in making one’s own collars, for they usually fit well and are of designs and It is an easy task to fashion a rabat materials to suit the personal taste, collar of handkerchief linen bordered with Irish lace. Cut the collar and rabat from the linen, using a good pattern. Turn in a narrow hem and Blipstitch it neatly in place. To the outer edge of the collar and rabat whipstitch an edging of Irish lace an ineb and a half or two inches in width. Other collars are fashioned of blade moire Bilk with a rabat of pleated cream colored shadow lace.