Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10
DAINTY PORCH WORK.
English Eyelet Work Has outstripped
all Corners.

all COmefS.
Written for The Star.
Whatever outings girl may plan for the
warm weather and vacation months, she
thoroughly expects that the fancy needle
work SO neglected during winters social
rush will fill goodly part of her time The
greater portion of her summers fancy WORK
in this year of 1905 will undoubtedly be ar
ticles to adorn her own apparel for every
accessory of feminine attire has somewhere
about it a bit Of hand embroidery.
How often in ransacking old trunks and
bundles of laces has she come across strips
of yellowed muslin, carefully embroidered
in eyelet work! She has marveied at nef
grandmother's patience and wonderful ex-
actness; yet now she herself is engrosseo
in the selfsame delicate stitchery with per-
haps more elaboration and intricacy of de-
sign Collars and dickies for her neck
puffs and half sleeves for her arms, belts
for her waist. straps for her shoulders ano
ruffles for her petticoats-an these, anc
more, too, come In for their share OF the
fashionable broderie Anglais.
Aside from these necessities-as she con
siders them-scarcely shopping toul
passes that she does not pick up some pl
of fancy work to be fashioned for future
birthday gift or the ever-to-be-rememberet
Christmastide. and there are no end OF va
rieties from which she can choose.
Most effective among the new emproloer
les for bureau scarfs and table covers !!
Bulgarian work. Coarse linen or crash Il
stamped with conyentonalized pansles ant
spatulate-shaped leaves, among Whlch ar
scattered discs as large as fnger nan
These designs are filled in with close EN-
broidery in rich shades of red ana piue
porcelain and baby blue or apple ana MI
green The edges are finished IN button
hole scallops.
Esneciallv desirable for porch work /!
Hardanger embroidery, done in the ngnteS
shades of green or pink or blue rms Wori
is less taxing for warm weather imam an.
form of embroidery, as the designs are geo
metrical and the scrim on which they ar
stamped supplies an accurate guide TO tn'
eye in it's square, open mesh. Inc eose'
of the articles are buttonholed IN tooth
shape and the scrim comes stamped IN eA
act shape and size for any ana all pouooi'
fittings.
The most popular fancy work OF the year
however, is Louis ribbon embroidery. ant
for the nonce it has quite supplanted sliH
floss embroidery. The girl who has not al
ready learned how to fashion 1t should no
fail to devote some of her leisure hours Il
acquiring the art. Picture frames, pr
cushions, veil rolls handkerchief boxes ans
bags are each decorated with some deilcat I:
design of primroses or empire garlands
or pinks and blues and greens. Big articles
such as pillow covers, table squares, etc
show larger designs of orchids or conven-
tionalized peoples. Crinkly split SILK twe
or three inches In width is employed In Ell
fecting these large patterns but with the
same inexpressibly lovely blending of colors
as In the finer applique.
The present fad of French matrons ioi
filling in odd moments Is tapestry embroid.
cry Charming sylvan scenes are stamped
in colors on very coarse tarlatan. The tar
latan is securely fastened to linen, silk OF
tapestry cloth, and after the pattern mas
been darned into the material the coarse
mesh of the tarlatan is pulled out threae
by thread. American women are Just tax
ing this up.
One of the daintiest receptacles for hold
ing these linens and silks is box covered
with pompadour ribbon. Three oblone
pieces of cardboard eight or ten inches II
length show a covering of pretty hoWeree
ribbon on the outside with plain harmon
izfng silk on the inside. The four lower
edges are Joined by narrow satin ribbon
leaving the ends of the box without any
cover Filling in each of these spaces is
sort of bag built from gathering or pom
padour ribbon and gathering OF the Ilnln,
silk These are finished with a half-lnci
heading and serve as pockets in which Sill
and needles may be deposited 80 That ID
box proper is left free for stamped linens