New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
EMBROIDERY CLUBS.
Girls Band Together to Put Dainty Hand
work on Summer Frocks.

The smartest summer dresses are embroidered
merely trimmed with ready made embroidery
bands as they were last year. but embroidered by
hand in elaborate designs. in imitation Of the
famous embroidery of every land.
One the heavy ecclesiastical stitch the
American cross stitch. solid work in the vivid
Turkish national cOlors. gorgeous effects initiating
the brilliant decorations of the Russian priests
robes. delicate toned color schemes that are sug-
gested by the richest ernbroideries from Persia, a
fight Of japanese birds or spray of cherry bios
SONS copied from an old Chinese porcelain
There is actually no limit to the beautiful de-
signs and color schemes used TO decorate this
sons wash frocks. The work is done in cotton floss
linen thread wash silk-cotton cotton. linen
on linen, and wash silk both.
In the shirtwaist suits the embroidery Is done
usually down the front panel of the skirt, the
cuffs and button peat, and sometimes the Shout
der strap, and sometimes strip of the dress
teral is richly embroidered for moderately wide
belt
1t is naturally rather expensive 10 have these
gowns embroidered but If simple design is select
ed a girl can erbroider her own gown on rainy
spring days or unemployed evenings. Or she can
get up an embroidery club and meet with some
girl friends two or three afternoons or evenings
week and do not only pretty rrocK, out also
canvas and linen shirtwaist.
These sewing clubs are enjoyable Some girfs
mother or one of the girls who does not like to
sew is asked to read, nothing difficult, just
novel or current news from tho papers ana the
embroidery work begins Two hours VIII accoti-
nIisb uarvels and when the embroidery Is done
then If the girls know how. they each help to cut
and fit the gowns OF course. there are cup of tea
and some small cakes. and dressmakng becomes
social function.
one girl is making a neat sum Of money by
teaching to sewing club embroidery, helping with
the subsequent cutting and fitting. and pouring tea
at $50 for her pupils and their men friends Every
member is fined 90 cents for afternoon, and not
only learns lot about fancy work and dressmak-
ing. but keeps posted the new books and has
q Jolly party.
The newest idea at this club is to embroder grass
linen with a fine mercerized linen floss. These linens
come mostly in the pale pastel tnts. delicate water
green, shadow. gray, silver blue. champagne and
corn color and are embroidered in cream white
floss. often with Japanese designs. birds and fans
and stunted trees and lily pads
Many Of the club girls copy designs from Chinese
fans others from Chinese pottery, and several
original young people have copied colOrs for their
embroideries from the flags and coats-of-arms pub
lished in some OF the dictionaries
A great deal OF cross-stitch is being done on the
new cross-stitch canvas. which is woven with D
brodery. and comes in all the pale as well as the
rich, dark cOlors-
Plain linen is popular, and cotton wolfe and the
merceriZed cotton brocade Most OF the white
goods are embroidered in the colors OF nations car
Tying v,y5a T ba H wnEn instead Of an erbro;d
cred IL Is the same bright colors thar Cora4-
But how about all this valuable embroidery
fading in the first wash2 the girl who organized
the sewing club in New-fork knew she wouLo 90
asked this question. so at the hrst start she prom
ised before the meeting ended TO give lesson IN
Washing Co4orec a-tG 80
fancy work enthusiast she mas tne neWeSC anu
surest method Of nice laundering, and mere Is SUD
stantally her lesson in washing embroidered
First do it yourself" The best laundry Is after
ALL machine. and the home washday IS usuaIIy
too crowded for any special uncertadng IN tagcy
washing. Before beginning the WASH Il Is 4 wise