Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-05
HOMEMADE TRIMMING
CUT OUT CLOTH AaD APPLIQUE
DRESS DEcoRRAr1oxs.
Ribbon EmbrOfdery-and Outlined
Velvet Flowers-AM Easy
to Nakf.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The elaborate trimmings on the dresses
of the season furnish untold opportunities
to the woman who is skilled in needlework
Women who have never been inside an art
school may ornament their gowns as well
as though they were post-graduates Of q
school OF design If they exercise a little
taste and patience.
For street gowns no trimming has been
more admired than the cut-out cloth en-
broidery. 1t is not at all hard to make
The woman who wants a cut-out bodice
front revers should first hunt up a pat
tern which contains plenty of latticework
and place the piece of cloth on a smooth,
hard surface. Inserting between it and the
design piece of blue transfer paper and
tracing over the pattern with a pencil she
will now have an outline of the design
upon the cloth. Then let her take a pair
of small. sharp scissors and cut out the
pieces of cloth where they should be cut
away. Next take a needle and some but
tOnhole twist of the color of the cloth and
outline the edges of the cloth with the twist
if it happens to be fabric that will ravel.
Broadcioth is firm and does not need the
embroidered edge.
When the cut-out cloth Is finished 1t is
laid over piece of satin of some contrast
ing shade. such as will bring out distinctly
the outlines. For instance, light material
should be laid over dark background, and
a dark cloth over a light background.
Painted Revers Craze
Painted revers. which are the craze Of the
hour, are not so difficult to make as the
amateur may imagine. The flowers may be
painted on boiling cloth. which Is easy to
work on. and then cut out and appliuued
on. In the art stores may be bought flower
studies. which will show how the flowers
should be shaded. To paint on cloth or vel
fol hat 70, lr,,a
as medium Is needed. The paints are
mixed with the medium instead of with
water. Paint mixed in the ordinary way
would spread all over the CLOTH Wild roses
are about the easiest flowers to do. Pam
sizes little more difficult, and so are
viOlets. The fiat flowers are, Of course the
easiest Tulips are comparatively simple
Chenille embroideries are not difficult.
Some of the most beautiful evening gowns
are ornamented with these. bold but
handsome pattern consists of flags worked
IN chenille The soft mousseline de sole or
more phabie satins make excellent back
grounds. The pattern may be outlined on
paper laid over piece of thin material on
which the pattern is embroidered. When
the embroidery is finished it may be cut
out and apphqued on the gown.
Easy to Make.
In making chenille embroideries it is well
to remember that only short lengths should
be used The chenille fills up the pattern
so quickly and the colors blend so har-
moniously that 1t is one Of the easiest en-
broideries to make.
Detached leaves and sprays are worked
on satin and then cut out and used as trim
mings for gowns. The outline embroidery
Is heavy chain stitch. Sometimes. instead
of the stitching, which may be worked on
a machine, a na1rtw bfaiding of silk is
used to outline the flowers.
Ribbon embroidery is another form of
dress decoration that any one can master
EoWknots make the easiest design, and
these can be put on and then stitched in
place by home talent as we'll as by the pro-
fesSionaI Usually, when the ribbon has a
heavy edge, 1t is merely stitched in place;
otherwise 1t Is put on with a heavy en-
broidered outline The pattern is first trans
ferred from the pattern to the CLOTH or It Is
drawn there with chalk and Is then out
lined with ribbon pinned on with tiny pins
and stitched in place AS this work n.ust
be done directly on the-cloth. the fabric
must be handled very carefully to avoid its
gathering in ugly little ridges when too
tightly stitched.
Oxidixed Silver Thread.
One of the novelties of the moment is the
use of an embroidery of silver threads col
ored to look like oxidized silver and gold
threads duled to look like old gold. Over
lace on evening bodices the effect is rich
and striking.
The inserting of lace in fancy dress fronts
vi oofeio 3dchetS Is d matter tGat requires
little taste and some skill with the needle
For spring and summer this variety Of
trimming promises to be popular. The in
sertion is let into the muslin or cloth in
parallel lines. in geOmetrical figures or in
bcWknot patterns. When the pattern fs an
elaborate one, as in the case of the bow
knot, the secret of the workmanship is that
the insertion is securely stitched to the fab
nc in the shape desired and then the ma
terial underneath is cut away and its rough
edges are stitched up to avoid raveling.
Jet motifs and pailettes arranged in
various shapes which form part of the