Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-31
NEEDLEWORk.
some of the New Fancies In Embr oidery
as the Shops Reveal Them.


as the shops Reveal Them.
The old-fashioned mignardise braid
has reappeared upon drab capes made
Of faced cloth, where it outlines an
elaborate design which almost covers
the cape. In and out of the curves Of
the pattern are sprinkled jet paillettes
of various sizes.
The newest lamp shades have frill
of painted lace, The ground is yellow,
the details colored according to their
characteristic or red for floral mo-
tives. and green for leaves and stem.
Two wooden tobacco pipes tied to-
gether crosswise with colored ribbon,
have the bowls stuffed to do duty as
pincushions.
The Royal School of Art Needleworl,
in London is introducing colored en-
broideries, carried out with fine wool
on cream and tinted canvas in the
Danish and Norwegian style. These
are easy of execution and are sold
traced out with threads of the same
color as those intended for the work.
The edges are finished with plated
tassels and knotted fringes made of
the woods used in the embroidery.
Egg cozies are now made in the form
of a water lily turned upside down. the
stalk forming the handle. The petals
of the flower are of white or yellow
satin, the outside leaves of green.
Some of the newest book covers are
made of tinted linen painted with gold
and colors.
Sachets composed of MORE often
have the wavy lines Of the watering
traced out in tiny spangles or beads.
The newest tea cozies resemble bask,
ests full of tulips, daisies, narcissus
and other flowers, and are made in art.
istic colors. The lower part, the has.
tet, fits over the teapot, and the han.
die passes over the top.
Handsome tea clothes are now com.
posed of bright, gold-colored linen
Round the edges runs border resem.
bling black lace, and worked with
black silk.
Striped brocade is one of the new ma
terials used for covering blotters
Down some of the stripes runs pat
tern of floral sprays, which is worked
over with silk. The divisions between
the stripes are followed with lines oil
chenille, bordered on each side with
feather, coral, and herring bone stitch
The new colored cmbroideries
worked by machine on white cambria
are popular for trimming tea cloths
which are made of white linen and EN-
broidercd to match the frills.
A novelty in photograph screens i.
made of three sheets of glass, bound
and connected with straps of ribbon
and decorated with bows.
Pretty candle shades are made o.
vegetable parchment painted with OF
colors and frightened with gold paint
Gathered frills for trimming liner
articles are frequently pinlSed at the
edges and gathered about three-quart
ers of an inch from the margin, as wei
as along the upper edge
The fashionable Puritan bonnets ar,
now made of white or colored linen
thickly embroidered with stout coloret
threads, Sailor hats will soon be orna
mented in the same way; they are al
ready covered with the plain material
pretty cushion can be made of pal,
blue canvas worked with n Gcometri,
pattern in shades of blue wool. Loop
of blue and white wool should be car
ried round the edge, and the cushion
hung up cornerwise to the chair will
long loops of wooden cord.-Chicag,
| Tribune.