St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-03
EMBROIDERED MuSLlNS,
The Coming Season to be One of Laces
FIounces and Insertions.

Inc coming Season I'd be One OF Lace9,
Flounces and Insertions.
AS soon as the holidays are over, en-
broidered muslins and cotton goods are
displayed in the shops, to be made up
during the modistes' dull season, or by
home dress-makers with the assistance
of 3 seamstress. The choicest of these
arr selected at once, and even in mid
winter some of the most novel designs
are exhausted, as for instance the white
muslins for basque and drapery, show
ing stripes of French embroidery alter
mating with Scotch Bingham stripes of
gay plaids, and also clan tartan stripes
Of silk surah separated by wrought
null stripes. Similar combinations of
two seemingly incongruous fabrics are
shown in great variety, suggested by
the ribbon-striped materials of last
year, such as the lace insertion and
picot-ed ed ribbons of velvet or MORE,
woven or sewcd together for draperies
over silk or lace skirts; now there are
stripes of ecru batiste alternating with
white embroidered stripes, or Suede.
rose or blue percale with cream en-
broidered bands, while for light
mourning are black and white striped
nainsooks, with a third stripe covered
with finely wrought flowers, partly
black and partly white. There are
also pretty barred and vine and medal
lion patterns of net and embroidery on
tea-colored or Suede or pink or green
batiste, and Greek designs are prettily
wrought in blocks, in bars and in
stripes. Such dress patterns come with
plain nainsook or French muslin or
bingham for the lower skirt, and the
embroidered part is to form the waist
and the drapery, or it may be only the
apron or panels on the skirt; the waist.
however, is the objective point for dis
playing this pretty work, whether it be
in the entire basque, Or merely in a
yoke, vest OF plastron, with the collar
and sleeves; from two and quarter to
four and Il half yards of embroidery
are in such patterns, and the prices
range from $13 to $50 For entirely
white dresses of embroidered nainsook
OF Swiss muslin the tendency is for
founces and insertions of matched pat
terms, but different widths to be used
for trimming plain nainsook; the
broad, single flounce, deep enough for
the length of the entire skirt, will also
be used again, and is shown four and
half yards long for making full skirt
with but a single seam; these are in
barred and Powered patterns, and in
stripes either lengthwise or horizontal,
prettily finished with scallops at the
foot Those embroidered for founces
around lower skirt show three differ
ent widths Of trimming for skirt, waist.
and sleeves, and insertion to match;
the tear-drop pattern is new for these
founces, showing elongated shaded
spots. and there are pretty marguerite
and forget-me-not designs, with
pointed spiked patterns, forming
stripes. with wheels, palms, stars and
leaf motifs Some have medallions of
net set in closely wrought vines while
others have the oval and square blocks
of thick work set in wide-meshed net
or in open embroidery. Indeed, the
variety is Undesirable, and any reader
who has treasured up old embroideries
or inherited those still older will find
their designs in vogue for the coming
eason.-Rorper' Bazar.