rickrack , also: ricrac

The thing was, he thought, Tom's decorations were not just random rickrack.

The earliest was a home made version with red rickrack sewn on bed linen.

Near the door to the street they passed what appeared to be a janitor's closet filled with piles of rickrack.

In one of the four dining rooms, gingerbread men festoon a window, suspended on red rickrack.

Everything was trimmed in oversized white rickrack.

The items were strewn in rickrack profusion, heaped aimlessly here, there, and everywhere.

"Shawls often have a red zigzag line along the edge, like rickrack," Ms. Kelly said.

Rickrack is a "flat narrow braid woven in zigzag form, used as a trimming for clothing or curtains."

Add a dash of rickrack, floral embroidery or a piqué appliqué and the effect is almost irresistible.

Or was it her how-to advice for construction of coffins bordered in gold rickrack and topped with pastel hydrangeas?

Satiny drapes trimmed with rickrack.

It had been dressed in a pink prom gown and the long blond hair had been tied back with a scrap of green rickrack.

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And the gossamer silk bedroom curtains are edged in lowly black rickrack trim that, in Bush's hands, becomes suddenly chic.

Ms. Kirsh purchased a trunkload of square-dance skirts trimmed with rickrack.

Inspired by travels in the South, he has crafted four-inch stilettos trimmed with rickrack, tassels and buttons made of mother-of-pearl.

The garments are lavishly ornamented with contrasting pinked felt, rickrack and grosgrain ribbon woven in floral patterns.

Corduroy overalls with giant rickrack around the neck and waist, the inner legs closed with snaps for quick diaper changes.

The "diner skirt," in a gray men's shirting fabric trimmed with white rickrack, is a "naughty little waitress skirt."

The price depends on the type of fabric and adornments, which typically include colorful rows of rickrack and ribbons bordering each tier.

The Fiesta, a 22-inch mini, consists of tight rows of rickrack in varied colors and shapes that are hand-stitched to a black cotton skirt ($375).

Barty wore elfin-size, knitted blue pajamas complete with feet, white rickrack at the cuffs and neckline, and a matching cap.

She supposed that it would be best to just dispose of it herself - put it in a plastic garbage bag under the other rickrack from the closet shelf.

And should you think them fantasies tacked together from cloth, rickrack and glue gun with an eye to stealing the limelight at the latest designer show house, think again.

Later still came a newspaper photo with much of the rescued rickrack - the "treasure" - spread out before a smiling John Eastlake and his talented, fiercely focused daughter.