The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-21

Hardanger embroidery, called also
Swedish fiat stitch, has quite sup
planted cross stitch in the affections
of up-to-date women, who, however,
VIII wear much cross-stitch embroid-
cry upon their summer frocks.
Denmark, Sweden and Norway send
this embroidery, in which peasant and
princess are alike proficient. Even
the children in Scandinavia do beauti-
full embroidery in this stitch.
limitations of hardanger cloth. upon
which the Scandinavians work this
embroidery, are seen in all the spring
1aDrlcs, from the embroidered founces
Tor underwear to the colored and fig
ured linen suitings. The shops are
also showing collar, cuff and belt sets
OF scrlm or hardanger cloth, or an
imitation of it. worked in all the deli
cate colors, as well as in the red and
plue combinations known as Russian
embroidery.
frocks--or rather bands for trim
ming frocks and blouses-display this
embroidery, and it fairly revels upon
table covers, scarfs, rugs, cushion Gov
ers, handbags, fancy bags of all
classes, curtain borders lounge COW
ers, bedspreads and on every con-
this modish manner.
The stitch resembles fiat stitch in
embroidery, but it is done, as cross
stitch is, by counting threads, and the
cross stitch and Swedish fiat stitch are
combined in any number of articles,
particularly where colors are used and
rich velvet desired.
On large covers for tables-and IN
small ones as well-and upon covers
for cushions, the work is done with
large stitches and bright colors are
employed. In Swedish embroidery n
good deal of yellow is in vogue. There
are number of shades of different
colors beautifully worked together,
and wool is used for the groundwork.
where Swallowed effects are desired
and rope silk or embroidery silk for
the high lights. A heavy, coarse
weave OF linen is employed for this
sort of work, and there are plain
meshed weaves and basket weaves and
fancy mercerized weaves, in which the
threads or stripes may be counted, as
| in cross stitch.
Sometimes the embroidery is done
upon the material without a back
| ground-indeed, this is usually the case
but many people are willing to spend
the time and money necessary to fill
in the entire background with shadows
and figures of indestructible workman
snip anu beauty ana richness. This
work resembles tapestry, in a meas
ure, where the background is all filled
in, and both cross stitch and hardanger
embroidery partake of tapestry work,
and are done along the same lines and
with the same materials.
Swedish fiat stitch makes a superb
library or dlning-room decoration.
where curtains, cushions, searfs and
covers for tables, when not in use,
are all made of these rich colors
worked In floral and scroll patterns in
one of the oldest and most beautiful
embroidery stitches known to man
kind
Together with the passion for Scan
dinavian embroidery and fancy work
comes a fad for decorating with Nor
wegian pottery, which has broad color
schemes IN the decorative patterns and
a good deal of yellow i'm the plan. The
lines are graceful, but instead of
found curves to the pottery there is a
fancy for fiat, sharp-edged sides and
peculiar shapes.
Basketware in Norwegian coIors
and shapes is brightly painted in
broad sweeps of color, and the weave
has a mesh whose bands are over an
inch broad. Trays, waste baskets,
wall pockets and all manner of articles
that can be made in basketware are
seen In this work.