Studies in Invalid Occupation

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...slightly. Finish with stem paper and arrange roses and buds among rose foliage. The corners of the rose petals may be rolled back in the same way as those of the bud. Another way to make very large roses is to cut petals of silk, sew the edges of two together and turn like a pocket. Put a fine wire inside around the edge and stitch around the petal with corresponding shade of silk. Arrange these around an artificial flower center to form a large, flaring rose. In these the petals may be shaded and form a very rich rose. Small baby roses may be made of narrow ribbon and arranged in wreaths with fine rose foliage. Another ribbon flower which lacks a name but which has figured largely in Fifth Avenue millinery is made by twisting inch-wide ribbon in two rolls towards each other, thus forming a pointed petal with a crease down the center. These petals are arranged around a covered center in groups of five and so made up into clusters of blossoms. Leaves are made of ribbon with considerable success by using a green picot edge ribbon, halfinch width. Double it for an inch and a half and gather the double edge together on one side; draw it down rather closely and open. This forms the midrib to the leaf, and arranging these as rose leaves the effect is satisfactory. All these bring good prices when well made. Blackberries. For these a rather heavier wire is used, as black-covered bonnet wire. Cut for stems and on the end sew a roll of black, soft cloth as a foundation. This should be longer than wide. On this sew black beads, the size of the separate segments of a blackberry, until wholly covered. A bit of brown cambric or cotton is cut for a calyx and fastened to the base of each berry. The blackberry belongs to the rose family, and a few wild rose leaves may be u...