Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
PORCH WORK BASKETS
HOW TO KEEP SEWING THINGS
SAFE AND TIDY.
Clever Woman Solved the
Problem for Her Own
Needs.

Fittings and materials for the sewing
table are always of interest to the woman
who practically lives on her porch in the
summer. In particuar3it is the Quitting
of the summer work table which vexes her,
as the outdoor life, with its many Interrupt
lions and unexpected summer storms, plays
havoc with everything that is not fastened
down tight
The sewing bag is probably more popular
than the basket. Very pretty bags that
will hold delicate piece of underwear or
embroidery come In Powered cretonne
built somewhat on the style of darning
bags A rose-fgured cretonne was sewed
on two embroidery hoops bound with rib
bon to match the roses. and had pockets
for spools and small fat pin cushion and
needle case.
Another satisfactory receptacle for sew
ing materials is of cretonne built after the
style of housewife, which, when rolled
up, looks like a shawl done up in strap.
These come in three Sizes with pockets in
proportion, and hold many sewing utensils.
For the woman who embroiderS there are
pretty floss bags covered with cretonne
and large enough to hold almost all the
colors needed for a summer sewing cam
paign.
An ingenious little woman who lives much
on the porch in summer made her sewing
table from an old-fashioned, discarded
heirloom with drawer and shelf below.
The wood work was enameled in white,
and the top of the table was covered with
cretonne, edged with a pretty cotton braid
| held down with brass-headed lacks. Around
the shelf she bound a double strip of the
cretonne about three inches high which
was fastened around the bottom of the
shelf and up and down each leg with the
same braid and brass tacks. This served
slight protection for articles laid on
the little shelf.
To each corner of the table, just below
fhn 1raH no had
finished at the top with rubber One was
for buttons, one for cotton thread, and one
for silk, and the fourth for tape and other
notions A waste basket covered with the
same cretonne, served to hold large pieces
of sewing, and in cases of storm table and
basket can be picked up and carried on to
the porch without scattering things in every
direction.
AS to materials and fancy work to be
made during the summer, extremes seem to
meet. Embroidery is either very delicate or
very coarse and sketchy. For center pieces,
doylies scarfS and other embroidered pieces
for the dining table, the finest of satin
stitch and drawn work on the sheerest Of
linen and in the most delicate colors is
used.
A DOYLE Set.
A superb set of doylies to be used on
polished table shows drawn work in white
silk on linen. All the stitches In the
drawn-work pattern are taken in a silk
moss, ana edCn piece SHOWS d SlISle luii
blown rose or bud in white silk If col
ors are employed they are of the palest
hues, baby blue, pale pink and an exquisite
yellow.
On the other hand, for library tables
enormous circular center pieces OF the
heaviest crash or linen are done in the
boldest of Russian ross-stitch, showing red
and green combined with gold.
Bulgarian embroidery has by no means
lost its vogue, but with it's vivid blue and
red patterns, it is used in a limited guam
tity. For boudoirs, there are some very
Frenchy designs in such prosaic articles as
cushion tops, sewing bags, bureau scarfs'
etc. done in pastel shades of blue, rose,
yellow lavender, and a most peculiar ashes
of roses, the color combinations suggesting
a Marie Antoinette atmosphere.
For the woman who boards receipts there
are bill or receipt books covered with ere
tonne in so many designs that one can
match almost any room. These Dill DOCKS
omen and shut like an accordion, and the
cover and flaps are also of cretonne-