Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1914 — BOTH USEFUL AND PRETTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BOTH USEFUL AND PRETTY

Standings Workbag That Costs Little to Make in Any Size That May Be Desired. This is a most useful and delightful little workbag, which would make a capital present. It takes next to no time to make. You will need % of a yard of silk or satin, 18 inches wide, and the same amount of 1 white wash silk to line it, two yards of fine cord (for the drawstrings), and % of a yard of 2% inch-wide brightly-flowered ribbon, The ground of which should match the color of the bag; also a piece of cardboard from which a double circle, 2j& inches in diameter, can be cut. An extra scrap of silk will be needed to cover this. For a really useful bag. black glaced silk and a black ribbon, adorned with vivid silk flowers, are nice. For an evening bag, white satin,; with a pink ribbon. A glance at the diagram shows ex-

actly how the bag is made. A heading and slot are made at the top o! the silk,-and a-heading-only, run with a stout double thread, and left ready to be drawn up, at the bottom. The strip of flowered ribbon is stitched en a quarter of an inch from the edge, top and bottom, and drawn up to the width of the silk and fastened lightly to jX. The lining is next tacked into place, and the sides of the bag are run together. The covered circles of card which form the bottom of jhe bag are next slipstitched into place, the silk being drawn up to fit round the edges of them, and when double drawstrings have been run through the top slot the bag is ready. The same idea can be carried out in a larger or smaller size.