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Ribbon and Furbelows on Parasols
It is not to be quite out of the scheme of things in the world of styles parasols have added quite themselves decorations of ribbon and furbelows of chiffon and flowers as well.

Plain white silk parasols are decorated with flowered Dresden ribbons put on in a number of different ways

Strips of it are applied to the silk lengthwise and trimmed off to fit in about the top. This arrangement is managed usually by applying the ribbon before the cover is stretched on the frame. But a separate cover may be made of light weight figured ribbon and placed over the plain silk cover. In this case the ribbon is caught down to the cover with hand sewing.

The most popular method of applying fancy ribbons to parasols is that shown in the picture presented here, The ribbon is applied in the form of a ruffle with no extra fullness at the lower edge. It is tacked to the ribs with tied stitches that are carefully put in to be unnoticeable. The upper edge is gathered with an overcast stitch that takes up the extra fullness. and hand-sewed with fine stitches to the covering

Black velvet ribbon is a great favorite for finishing edges. It is put on as a plain border or with some fullness as a ruffle, like that which edges the parasol pictured here.

Gauze ribbons and figured chiffon are easy to manage for decorating plain parasols. Large circles of chiffon having a greater length of radius than the length of the rib in the parasol are cut out and from their centers small circles are cut. When a gathering thread is run in about the edge of the small inner circle it is drawn up about the apex of the parasol and fastened there. Then the fullness is disposed evenly and the chiffon cover spread over the parasol.

The edge of the chiffon covering is usually hemstitched The effect is very pretty when the covering is a little larger than the parasol and the chiffon hem falls below or beyond the silk edge.

Narrow ribbons applied row on row in fairly full ruffles are featured on many of the smart parasols for mid-summer Given a plain white parasol and an eye for beauty. the girl who would indulge her own taste need only look over the ribbon stock and put her wits to work. She can make a lovely flower covered and portable pagoda for her own use.

Smart parasols for the street are made of checks trimmed with borders of plain ribbon Black and white shepherd's plaid. as an instance, looks well with a narrow border of emerald green The same narrow ribbon shirred at the edges is applied in figures to the sections of the parasol

There is a liking also for rosettes of ribbon and chiffon arranged about the handle of the parasol. These repeat the idea in the decoration of its cover. The example shown here is typical of the manner in which the plain parasol bedecks its plainness with ribbon finery