The welting represented not only a good idea, but also one that was beautifully executed.

There were four innocent copper studs in the welting at the front right-hand corner of the lid.

When edged in bright red welting, it looks great adorning nicely worn metal garden furniture.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Welting was the youngest of four sisters.

He is concentrating on rectilinear pieces, with dark welting, like an artist's sketching stroke, holding the composition together.

Ruth Welting's Queen of the Night began with an unusual but promising sense of vulnerability.

Miss Welting, however, can pipe impressively above high C, and as the doll she became a mechanical menace to everyone's life and limb.

As Queen of the Night, Ruth Welting turned her first act aria into a grim holding action against nervousness.

The simplest welting is garter stitch, in which knit rows alternate with purl rows.

Ruth Welting as Celia also struck veins of vocal silver, improbably brilliant and accurate in a range that might strain a dog whistle.

Through most of her career, Ms. Welting was admired for the strong upper register that allowed her to play coloratura roles with an unusual fluidity.

Springtini outdoor floor cushions from Home Infatuation are edged with an exaggerated welting that makes them look like mini mattresses.

In some outfits the welting was augmented with curved seams over the bust in jackets and over the back of low-slung pants.

Several notable singers are from the Memphis area, including Ruth Welting and Kallen Esperian.

The 28-year-old manager, who has worked full time here for 10 years, explained patiently that if the shoe had already been resoled several times the welting might not hold up.

Perhaps all those prissy, well-intentioned, oh-so-carefully executed sofas with matching pillows and color-coordinated welting and down filling (of course) were starting to look old hat.

Memphis is also a haven for classical music, and has produced such opera singers as Ruth Welting and Kallen Esperian.

Ruth Welting, a former Silberklang, played Madame Herz effectively despite a grainy quality in her quiet singing in the low register.

English shoes tend to use heavy leather on the upper part, which is stitched to a reinforced welted sole, and can be a little stiff until the welting is pliant.

In 1994, Ms. Welting began quietly cutting back on her performances, having grown disillusioned with the music business and tired of repeating the roles she had been singing for 20 years.

After her junior year at Memphis State, Welting left the school to become a student at the American Opera Center at the Juilliard School.

'Both Sides Pinch My Toes' "Please make sure they don't mess up the welting," a man pleaded as he handed Ms. Vaccaro his brown Balmorals.

But whatever ideas Miss Welting had about her portrayal were quickly dropped in the struggle to hit the Queen's high notes accurately, an endeavor in which she was wholly unsuccessful.

Patricia Craig, Charles Long, Barbara Daniels, Michael Sylvester, Ruth Welting and Brian Schexnayder are among the singers.

Her parents, who are retired, owned two companies that were in Manhattan: Double Lung Pocket Welting, which was a maker of pockets in clothing, and Classical Furniture, a manufacturer.