The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
FOR FEMININE READERS
NOVELTIES IN NEEDLEwORK SEEN
AT A VOMAN'S EXCHANGE.
A Change of Method in Dinner Service
Pretty Suggestions for "a Living
ROom-How to BE Well.

An effective sofa pillow which was re-
Gently seen at a woman's exchange, says
the Decorator and Furnisher, was covered
with rich black silk embroidered in lovely
yellow panses done in Roman floss. 1t is
square and finished around the edge with
a double ruffle of the silk.
Another equally handsome is covered
with black satin and embroidered in Cal
ifornia peoples. 1t has puff around the
edge.
A third pillow has cover of rich golden
brown art silk embroidered in white Ash
attic COUGHING silk. 1t is finished with
full ruff1e cut on the bias and frayed on
the edge.
A most excellent pillow is covered with
crepe de chine of rich creamy tint scat
tered over with forget-me-nots done in
Asatic flo floss. 1t is finished around the
edge with a single wide ruffle and over
that a narrower double one.
A suitable gift for bride is a large
down pillow covered with white art silk,
dotted here and there with lovely violets.
A full puff should finish the edge.
A handsome rose pillow, which is filed
with dried rose leaves had a few drops
of altar OF roses dropped on the leaves be-
fore making the pillow. The cover is of
sheer white linen embroidered in scattered
rose leaves done in Roman floss. A hand
some ruffie of the linen cut in scallops and
finished in buttonhole stitch done in white
Asiatic outline embroidery silk, makes a
simple but effective finish for this unique
pillow.
One can never have too many sofa pill
lows in house. Many writer's of authori-
ty insist upon 1t that there shall be a
broad, low, comfortable couch in each
room in the house and not less than three
sofa pillows to a couch, While some nave
as many as seven.
There is a great variety of fabrics suita-
BILE for covering these cushions. Amotg
them are denim, chintz, pongee, linen, fig
ured terry. art silks, corduroy, satin and
crepe.
Whether round, square or oblong, plain,
embroidered or decorated with oil or water
color paintings, it matters not, as far as
style is concerned. Make your pillows APP
in and according to your purse. 1t Is oy
no means the most expensive ones which
Some handsome hangings for book
shelves which are both new and original
are of golden brown art silk embroidered
in yellow Roman floss. Graceful sprays of
brown-eyed Susans are the chosen De
signs for these hangings, and the following |
lines in quaint letters are also found there !
on: |
Every book that we take UP. without a
purpose is an opportunity lost Of taking up |
a book with purpose; every bit OF stray |
which we cram into our heads |
without any sense of its importance is for
driven out of our heads and |
choked from our minds. |
''FREDERICk HARRISON"
The graceful pepper tree which grows SO |
luxuriantly in California affords many |
lovely designs for decorative work. both in |
needlework and painting.
Nothing could be more effective for a |
guest room than white linen draperies for |
bed and dressing table, window hangings, |
dresser scarf, cushion, handkerchief and |
glove cases, decorated in the graceful |
sprays of pepper blossoms and their leaves. |
A pretty room in violet and white con-
tains some very artistic decorative work.
The bedspread and bolster cover of creamy
art satin are scattered over with violets.
The hangings for bed and dressing table are !
Ornamented in q similar manner.
A luxurious couch has pretty slumbef
robe thrown over the foot, made OF creamy
wash silk embroidered in violets and bound |
around the edge with violet colored ribbon
At each corner is bow of the same rib
bon small pillow noticeable among
many others for it's daintiness and fra
GRANGE is covered with sheer white lawn
with an interlining of violet silk is en-
oroidered in violets done in Asiatlc flo floss,
Wit Hriod XrnlatS