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 HOME-MADE 755 COHFFURE By LILIAN JOY DRESS DECORATIONS Three Pietty Head-dresses— A Head-dress for a Young Girl— How to Make Gold and Fuchsias— Gold Metallic Moire Ribbon— How to Make Cabochons Sllvei TThe very simplicity of the present fashion something important in the way of a coiffure decoration. A change of head-dress, moreover, has a great effect in making the same gown look different for various functions. It is a great advantage, therefore, for the girl with clever fingers to manufacture some dainty trifles of this kind. The illustrations afford some suggestions for pretty designs which can be easily carried out. Illustration No. i shows a decoration con- sisting of a simple twist of pale blue satin ribbon passed on either side of the front through a jewelled ring. The rings should be cut out in buckram and wired at each edge, and be ^l inches in diameter when finished. They should be covered with the blue satin ribbon, and have a few jewels and beads sewn over them and around the edges. To keep them in position they are stitched on the ribbon.
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Fig. I. A simple but charming decoration, consisting of a twist of satin ribbon passed on either side of the head through a jewelled ring The second illustration depicts a very riDvel idea. A twist of silver gauze is passed around the hair and finished at one side of the back, under a knot of gauze with a hanging cluster of gold and silver fuchsias. To make the fuchsias, get some narrow gold cord and ravel a little piece about a couple of inches long; and double it in half to form the stamens. Join these to another piece of gold cord several inches long for the stalk Take a little piece of gold cloth, thin but not transparent, fold it and gather it, and roll it around the stamens so that they show well below it. Just above tie a knot in the gold cord, and, above this again, stitch on four little petals of fine transparent silver gauze, folded on the cross so that they can be pulled out into the correct long shape. The knot in the cord is to make tnese petals stand out properly. Where the petals are gathered, they should be caught together in two places, one just f ^^ ■^ Fig. 2. A novel and pretty effect, gained by passing a twist of silver gauze round the hair and finishing it at one side with a cluster of gold and silver fuchsias Fig. 3. A simple and classic style, in which a band of gold metallic moire ribbon is arranged in a flat bow at the side, with a jewelled cabochon in the centre