Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
NEW LACE STITCHES
FILET EMBROIDERY Is THE
LATEST FANCY WORK.
Specially Liked for Center Pieces and
Insertions in Table
Cloth.

The girl who has a distaste for fine sew
Ing and delicate floss embroidery and who
chooses the darning of torn linen and fam
lily stockings as her share Of the household
duties. will find real friend in the new
nlet lace embroidery. In this lace work
the designs are woven into a fine or coarse
mesh net by darning instead OF by the
croSs-stitch, as in Russian Scrim embro1d-
cry. In fact, the vogue for cross-stitch en-
broidery has rather given way to filet lace
work, which closely resembles filet-guipure.
The real fllet lace Is enjoying a decided
popularity for insertions and edgings on
table covers, center pieces and counter
panes. At a large dinner given this month
by well-known society woman the long
table was covered with magnificent linen
cloth. Oblong insets of filet lace in orchid
design, set at regular intervals, formed a
square in the center of the cover, while the
same obong insertions outlined the edges
Of the table, and a filet lace edging finished
the borders of the cloth.
A square tea cloth seen recently at an
afternoon reception was built from ten
inch medallions of filet, alternating with
the same size squares of linen. The lace
showed lordly ROSTERS and peacOckS Sill
houetted in white against the linen mesh.
Collars and cuffs, medalliOns and bands of
filet lace will be much in evidence as trim
ming for the shirt waist and linen frocks OF
the summer girl of 1905. The girl who can
not afford the real gupure can produce al
most as striking effects in darned lace, with
the aid of her book of cross-Stitch designs.
Colored laceS seen SO much on evening
frocks this winter will be a feature of the
for these the modish girl can embroider
nets in the soft shades of blue, pink, yell
low and lavender.
Careful Work.
In making filet lace the net should be Sc
curely fastened to a piece of paper cam
brio or thin oilcloth. The mesh Is so easily
puckered and drawn out Of shape that 1t
must be watched carefully, or the result
will be anything but satisfactory. The
weaving is effected by dull pointed needle
and mercerized cotton, silks or crewels in
self-tone, or contrasting shades may be
employed for the darning. The needle Is
drawn over one thread of the mesh and I'M
der the other, as in the simple darning pro-
cess, the holes being filled in by two or three
crossings of the thread. Another method of
filling the holes is to have the threads pass
diagonally over the tiny square, crossing
each other in the center. This gives a more
lacey effect than the straight stitch.
An extremely pretty insertion for Shout
der seams cuffs. belt and chest straps of a
natural linen blouse shows a star pattern
darned into an ecru mesh with darker
SDauo Oh meTCeTlZeQ COTTON. AeudlIlOnS IOr
a dimity shirt waist should be made from
the sheerest mesh. An easy design Is the
shamrock darned in diagonal stitch with a
finely twisted merceriZed cotton.
One clever girl who works out her own
designs has her dressing table covered with
heavy mesh net in ecru, over red sateen.
Each end of the scarf is inset with an OBJ
long medallion, showing the figures of a
Dutch boy and girl in darned lace. The
pin cushion is covered with a similar me-
dallion.