Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1913 — DAINTIEST OF BOUDOIR BAGS [ARTICLE]

DAINTIEST OF BOUDOIR BAGS

Sweet Grass, Modeled In Pretty Shapes, Excellent Receptacles for the Summer Fancy Work. Sweet grass receptacles seem to be the most suitable of all fabrics for holding summer fancy work, and the smaller-sized baskets come in wonderfully attractive shapes to be transformed into bags. One size, a miniature replica of the old-fashioned stocking basket, is fitted with a satin bag attached plainly an inch from the mouth of the basket, consist of a sweet grass thimble holder, a tiny satin emery and a reel of thread. Trimming the outer rim of the basket’s mouth or lip are clusters of narrow satin ribbon alternating with tabs ending with tittle bowknots, also in ribbon. Still more practical is a round and flat sweet grass basket in Roman colorings, to which is attached a huge bagtop of flowered satin lined with China silk. By stitching the outer side of the bag and its lining perpen dicularly, to divide* them into four sections, and then running draw ribbons through their several shirred tops, four separate pockets for sewing utensils can be formed, leaving a space in the center of the main bag for mis, cellaneous articles. *