Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-24

som. Birds and butterflies are found in
numbers as we'll as ribbons and figures.
The latter are, of course, harder to work.
As some enterprising worker may, how
ever, try and initiate some of the Chinese
figures found on fans, let US give you a few
hints. Work the clothes in silks which
match the colors used in the fan, and as
for the face, do 1t thus:
Get little silk court plaster, and cut out
the size of the face very accurately. Damp
it and stick it in it's place. Then, with
camel-hair brush and dark brown or black
paint, draw the features carefully upon it.
In working any flowers, birds or butter
flies in Chinese embroidery, remember that
the colors do not blend, but the various
parts are done in satin stitch, unshaded
Small folding screens for a writing table
are very pretty and novel. At the lower
part you can place bands of ribbon, in
which photographs can be stuck, and these
screens are very pretty if done in Chinese
work. Let us describe them to you.
Choose three pieces of mill or strawboard,
stout enough. and is apt to bend. The card
board can be about fifteen inches by eight
or ten. Choose some pretty satin, enough
to cover both sides of each piece of card,
and allow half an inch over all the way
around for turning in. Before placing your
pattern on the satin, unless the latter is
very thick, you should run 1t on, without
any crease or quicker to piece of ordinary
book muslin, turning about half an inch of
the muslin over the satin. The object of
DONG this is to straighten the satin and to
make it of sufficient substance for your en-
broidery. Then you work through satin
and muslin at the same time.
Inc object of turning over half an inch at
the edge is to prevent the satin from fray
ing, which it is extremely apt to do. When
you have finished your embroidery. and are
going to mount it upon the card, take out
the lacking threads and cut off the muslin
that has been turned over. Now for the
design.
Having selected one, place it on your
satin in one of the ways so often described
ere now in these pages.
Choose your colors carefully, and get the
Mallard floss silk which is very beautiful.
II you are working with floss silk YOU
must be careful to have your hands very
smooth, as the silk catches in every tiny
roughness and is a great impeachment to
If you cannot get exactly the narrow
white cord found in actual Chinese en-
tp o. little waved braid called ondine
Is an excellent substitute. This is used
sood zeal IN fancy work, and we believe in
church work. We first made its acuuaint-
ahce In Paris, but it is obtainable in Lon
When your work is DONE iron it on the
pack very carefully, placing a damp hand
hercnle1 between your work and the iron
o,, osi en- each piece over piece of board,
are very fond of hot common carpenters
glue Tor this kind Of work, and find it an
swers so well and is so satisfactory
NOW that you have one side of each board
covered, the next thing is to put the other
side on This, of course, cannot be glued
down; Turn in the edge, and then sew ii
very nrmly In overcasting to the other side.
10 your tops first, and then the sides,
stra1n1ng the satin over the board as Won
90 so Use what is called button-hole silk
TOT this purpose, and then place fine cord
an around, so as to hide the stitches Make
your hinges with ribbon, and you will have
d very pretty little screen. You need not
OF course, embroider over the whole of if
as Where the Photograph goes needs no en-
broldery. Tiny lines of elastic keen the
photograph in its place