Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-14
The new FANCY WORK
Delft Table Linen is Much in
Favor.
LINGERIE CUSHIONS
DAINTY AND LUXURIOUS ARTI-
Giles FOR MANY USES.
Shops Are Showing Several Novelties
for Summer Drap-
cries.
LINGERIE CUSHIONS

Japanese and Russian motifs for fancy
work will have powerful rivals this season
In Dutca designs and dainty lingerie effects,
the latter made Up into filmy tea table COW
ers and pillow slips most attractive and
summary in their immaculate freshness.
For several years Dutch designs have been
coming into fayo. as decorative schemes on
all kinds of hand work, and they have now
acquired distinct vogue. particularly hap
py results have been obtained on useful ana
ornamental household articles with designs
of Dutch landscapes and figures worked out
in tooleI leather, in embroidery thread and
with the "pyro' 1:eedle In these eHects the
windmill, always associated with the low'
dixie country, is q prominent feature, TO-
eether with the figures Of sturdy Hollanders
and thei. vrows and children, all artistically
pictured on screeh3 baskets, pillow tops ana
picture frames. The little tots OF queen
WilhelmIna's realm dressed IN their quaint
costumes and clumsy sabots, Drawn IN
circle playing ring-around-a-rosy, are aiso
attractive subjects for the artist pencil.
But these are the more hackneyed treat
ments of Dutch themes. The latest sugses-
ton which makes for orlginali.y ~ Tue ueco-
ration OF table linen with Dutch scenes en-
kroidered in old delft colors. Nothing couiu
be cooler or more restful than linen center
piece and plate doilies on a summer preak-
fast or luncheon table carrleo W. - IA , .iiie
new idel and used VITA a set or deiIt cnlna
to complete the ensemble. Sets OF TINS dei1t
linen viii appear on smart tables sthiS SUM
mer and art embroidery workers are busy
fashioning these exquisite linens;
The work is done on fine Wnite hhen lawn
with three shades of delft blue in dark,
medium and light tone. The designs may
be taken directly from piece OF oelI. china
or from an old print; but, whatever tne
source it is always best TO keep d eopy oe
fore one while working
Requires Skill.
This embroidery requires more skiii1ui
handling than the average piece OF Iahcy
work, and great care must be exercised IN
getting a good perspective and IN keeping
the objects round; 1t will be found easier
and at the same time more effective 10
have the centerpieces and doilies circular,
and delft plate is an excellent copy II this
shane is made. The edge of one of these
plates will suggest pretty border, ana
buttonhole stitch embroidered with the me
dunn shade of silk will finish it. Under
this a heavy piece of fitted lace may De run
if a more elaborate finish is desired.
1t is better to embroider the border OF
the centerpiece and doilies first and then
iron out the centers, lay the traced design
under the linen and outline IT on the rignt
side with pencil. Be sure to have the pat
tern run with the grain of the material.
The design must be squared to the circular
piece of linen. If this precaution is not
taken houses, windmills and figures Will
stand on end.
Most of this delft work may be- done in
outline stitch with one thread of lilo silk.
and may be filed in heavily as one thinks
best. In fact this embroidery needs work
ing up very much on the lines of painting
in order to bring out the lights and shad-
ows of the picture Delft embroidery is
delightful work, and a successful result de-
ponds entirely upon the amount -of artistic,
Ii,er fIo i,di nal am
her pattern, but the strong monochrome eff
feet is almost invariably good unless very
badly handled.
Dainty Tea Cloths.
A word now concerning the summer lin
gerie effects in pillow covers and teacloths.
Not long ago the most fastidious house
wife was content to use her winter pillows
and couch covers, with their stuffy silk or
velvet trimmings, all through the hot
weather. When. more seasonabie conces-
sion was attempted 1t took the form OF
slip Of linen made like a pillow case and
drawn over the offending cushion.
In these enlightened days we have
changed all that, and summer has cush-
ions no less elaborate than the cold
weather varieties. This new arrange
ment is both sensible snd pretty, as dainty
lingerie covers of fine lawn and linen may
be Numbered nicely as pocket handker
chiefs, and thus may always be kept fresh
and clean.
One of these attractive cushions is made
up of sheer white linen and has de-
tachable cover which. buttons at the side.
The square top is edged with four hand run
tucks, and the center of the square is cross
ed twice with tucked bands. In the spaces
between the tucks are squares of Teneriffe
lace. A full tucked ruffie of linen finishes
the slip At the corners are pretty little
bows of two-inch wash ribbon in cool
shade of green. A slip of green china silk
with pinked out ruffie is placed under
the dainty linen cover. This gives a little
touch of color through the lace and holds
out the lingerie ruffie in a smart fashion.
Venise Lace.
Another palmer but equally effective COW
er is made of rose linen having deep hem
stitched hem all around and a diamond
shaped motif of venise lace in the center.
Charmingly dainty is a green linen lawn
slip with filet square In the center the
corners embroidered in daisies with mercer
lied thread and the centers put in with
French dots In yellow A double hemstitch-
ed ruff1e is the finish. The newest fad in
lingerie household furnishings is to have
the teacloth and cushion covers match.
There is something wonderfully pretty
about a well-thought-out scheme of this
kind. white linen cloth and cushions
with well-balanced design of dragons 4
done in wash gold thread shading to copper
is handsome summer novelty in the art
embroidery line. Butterflies are very eff
fective worked in natural colorings or in
white on linen grounds.
A New Fabric.
There is new Japanese fabric with de-
hghtful possibilities which is being made
up into window curtains and cushion COW
ers. 1t has stripes of raised flowers in
pale shades on cream white ground and
is warranted to wash perfectlx. a feature of
summer materials well worth considering.
Some of the most inviting looking cushions
OF the summer will have tops of, anatolfa
and be trimmed around with a deep ruffie
of the same, over which hangs a cord fringe
knotted into vandyke points and dotted
with tassels made of cotton in the different
colorings of the material Curtains of ana
tolia are also edged with this fringe and
Topped back with cotton cords
An excellent Japanese effect for outdoor
pillows may be gained by using soft color
fngs In burlap and enlbroidering them in
conventional designs with a rather heavy
burlap braid. In some of these designs dull
glass beads are introduced, but such a deco
ration Is not conducive to reposeful slum-
berS. -
Dainty and attractive as these delft and
lingerie enects undoubtedly are, the sum-
mer furnishings show strongly the oriental
influence and many beautiful cushion COW
ers and curtain hangings are made OF ma
terial from the mikado's land Tn fact
n tr To- L