Fig. 524. safe. The best plan is to make these loopings after the other decorations are finished and on the tree. When the pieces are cut they are more easily handled if but a few are put together at a time before they are pulled open; then the decoration will appear in perfect shape and look like polished shining silver hanging in delicate, graceful festoons.
Fig. 526.
Another effective trimming made of tin-foil is in the form of
Fringe Ruching.
Fig. 526 shows fringe partially cut; use three layers of the foil and cut them into fringe; then take a strong, coarse string and twist the tin-foil fringe around and around it, forming a rope of silvery fringe (Fig. 527).
An ornament that delights children, the idea of which comes from Germany, is a jolly little black
Fig. 527.
Chimney Sweep,