Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-17

| t>ASH10N Is JUST domincerinc n INT
a matter of what may be cnlle-i ~ the generic
| term fancy work" a. she is in dress or fur
n'shings. l am sorry there is no better APP
pellation than fancy work to designate what
mean, for that title has by custom been made
TO include so many atrocities that modern
workers scorn IL. better term is one shall
borrow from a book published some years ago,
entitled ''Woman's Handiwork in Modern
Homes" Combining womsn's work TO the
homes brings il within the limits Of our scope
as home workers and therefore applies TO our
efforts.
Just now the tendency 10 to the Louis Seize
designs in embroidery in accordance with the
prevalence Of that style of furnishing. On
| linen, on art satin or any smooth surfaced ma
terisls these ribbons and roses are charming.
They may be treated in different ways. AZ, for
instance, the bouquets of flowers NAV be
| worked in the natural colors in silks. doing
| them solidly, and the ribbon bow and floating
ends tying them together ostensibly may be
worked soiidly In any color preferred, or may
| De outlined simply and the shadows and turns
| OF ribbon indicated by the stitches of embroid-
cry: Still another and favorite way is to use
| real ribbon OF a narrow width. tie the bow and
press II down so the loops will have a square
| effect and then sew each edge of the ribbon
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put the real ribbon decoration on anything
which could otherwise be washed.
LOVELY SOFA PILLows.
| lovely sofa pillow for a drawing room
could be made of silver gray silk canvas. with
bouquets of roses and fine yellow flowers, tied
with gray green ribbons Another idea which
/ have thought Of and have been intending TO
carry ont is to make pillow of fawn satin.
with a festoon from corner TO corner of gold
! braid thread several ssra-GS Wbere fha
| festoons dip the most, at the center, l should
put bunch OF flowers. pink, blue and yellow.
| without leaves. and then have a ribbon-real
not embroidered-of either light blue or pale
brown waving in and out of the design. For
small covers for tables or center pieces this
| style Is equally pretty, working the ribbon,
however, instead of applying ii.
| CORNER DECORATIONS.
corner decoration of large flower or
group all in monotone, or the designs I have
just mentioned, or tiny flowers like Dresden
china powdered over the surface, are the STYLES
OF embroidery most affected just now for small
articles
/ Large designs are used when the surface is
big enough to display them. and the table COW
| ers of Sorrento cloth with large corner designs
which half cover them very good for real
| service Sorrento cloth is a pretty wash ma
terlai OF deep cream color. and with the corners
already stamped are only 80 cents. making
most inexpensive spread. 1 bought one the
other day and shall work il in cream white
linen floss. using lace stitch and maybe darning
on the big flowers and leavec. As the cloth is
| cotton, one cannot draw threads for fringing or
hemstitching, SO the best finish for the edge is
| hem with Misunderstanding. and / think
| shall add Russian lace, as the cover is cotton,
| and this creamery cotton lace. with the heavy
| cord outlining the pattern. corresponds in color
and texture. The whole will be easily washed.
| as bed room or sitting room table cover needs
to be, and this is most suitable for that pur-
pose If the appearance when it is worked is
pretty enough to justify il, 1 shall add some
| wash golo thread, and then il NAV be trans
formed into something quite pretty, enough for
any place: In the shops the edges are finished
with the linen fringe in colors and are worked
In colors, and are not at al pretty Gs they
might be, 1t seems to me, so have chosen q
different style in which to decorate mine.
| Fan PAINTING.
| wonder why fan painting is not more often
done by amateur workers. To any one who
paints in water colors it could be easy work. I
should think, to ornament the plain gauze fans,
| which come in all colors. including black and
| white. Gouache colors could be easily applied.
| should suppose. or if one had only a slight
| knowledge of painting. a design could be traced
on the fan and done wholly in gold. I saw
pretty design the other day for amateur work
consisting of daffodils, the edges of the flowers
forming the rim to the fan and the stems rum
| ming down the spokes, while the leaves grew up
thickly among them. After painting the de-
| sign on black gauze fan. the flowers forming
| the edge were TO be cut out and the gauze but
tonholed with silk like the flowers.
NOVEL WORK BAGS.
have lately seen two novelties in the way Of
| work bags, one Of which is made of plain China
| silk of any color one chooses. circular piece
| of cardboard, say five inches in diameter. ia
covered on both sides with the silk This is for
the bottom Of the bag. Three double frills of
the silk IA inches wide are then gathered
very full and sewed to the bottom, above
which is a full bag ten inches Deep not inciud-
ing the wide hem al the top, which makes the
heading, and should be two inches deep. A
casing is made by a second sewing in the hem
half an inch above the first and an OPEN
through these eyelets cords are run after the
usual mode of drawstrings in a bag In a deli
cate color with the fluffy frills at the bottom.
this Is dainty bag.
| PLUSH BAG OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS
The second bag is of plush of golden brown
made in the common pillow-case shape, but in
stead of having the embroidery rs a band
across the bottom, as is most usual, it has q Dap
turning over on one side at the top and the
| band Of embroidery set on this. In the in
| stance give the band is cream white satin
worked in scroll pattern with fawn and
brown silks in heavy, solid style with some
gold thread introduced, and the edge of the
| nap Is trimmed Win gold fringe and the cords
are Of gold, which draw it up. The proportions
| of the bag when finished are l2x1S inches, but
the plush, which is one long strip, mnst be cut
forty-five inches long, and il is folded ike an
envelope with the flap left square across in
stead Of being pointed. This flap turns over
nine inches and the band of embroidery is six
inches wide. narrow casing is run around
the bag just where the side seams
terminate-that is just at the turn Of the flap.
and the gold cord draws the bag up from each
side, the dap falling over on to the front of the
bag, concealing the opening. II is particu-
larly handsome bag. and q good way to show
of a bit of good embroidery, any style can
SO easily be applied to the plain plush bag of
this form. omitted to say the dap should be
lined with silk or satin the color Of the bag.
and it is much nicer if this lining extends
throughout the bag. II one likes, as plush is
| troublesome to sew in 3 seam, the outside and
lining could be made separately; the lining
made first and the plush then fitted over il
| and overhanded together and the gold cord be
put on all the seams or q finer one used il pre-
ferred.
HANDSOME SCREEN.
i A combination I read Of for q screen struck
my fancy, and I will describe it, It is q two
fold screen with white enameled frame and q
curtain Of bright yellow China silk falls below.
while the upper part is filled with q panel of
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