The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-04-22
Ribbon Embroidery;
How 1t Is Done

- HE problem which many a home
dressmaker faces in the making
Of a simple blouse is that OF
planning an interesting sort Of a
collar for IT And the new neckwear is
full OF suggestions. even for collars to
be. so many are this year. attached
. 10 the blouse
With the exception Of n very occa-
sional stock. all OF them are made with
a very strict eye TO its laundering pos
sibilities. some. apparently perishabIe
because OF the fine pleatings which
make them beautiful. resolving them
selves into the most practical of all.
For a tiny button or two slips through
its buttOnhoIe and the pleating spreads
out into a perfectly fat affair, which
does up perfectly, and is crimped be-
tween your fingers afterward into that
pretty pleating again.
One such tie looks like a great but
terfiy. so involved are its wing-like tabs.
yet they spread out nat whenever you
wish
Another. made Of dotted swiss and
valenciennes lace. is very simply made
the collar part just a straight strip of
tucks. with insertion and lace on the
edge But the frill right In front is made
of a bit of the swiss, six inches wide
by Two long in the middle. tapering 10
an inch at each end. Insertion and lace
are sewed on the shaped sides. the
hens are neatly hemmed and a bit
pleated, so that the lace edges spread
out in a little fan-shaped bit from each
side of the little band, which buttons
over IL and holds the pleatings in.
Both Of these stocks would be appro-
pirate 10 apply to blouses. makins,
them. If they are to be attached Of the
material of which the blouse is made.
For an embroidered collar. the pattern
shown is in simple enough design to be
used with an embroidered blouse which
has no collar to match. The edge should
De done in fine buttonholing over a
made into eyelets.
Stiff collars and the lingerie ties to go
with them grow more fascinating All
the while. and the newest of them all
embroidered IN way that is the Dret-
test copy imaginable OF ribbon ernbroid-
cry. a narrow tape forming each stitch.
yet the collar laundering perfectly.
Most OF them are turnover kindS-the
French ones higher than those of Amer
lean make; but a few are of the
Strdighter. more "chOkery" order their
primness got rid of by exquisite hand
embroidery or fine machine-made inser-
lions let in.
And the tiny ties that go with them!
Some of them are narrow wisps of
things. with demure bow already tied
and as many more are quite four inches
wide, ending in tucks and a hem. or
in the finest of embroidery. And our old
friend. the long lingerie tie, that passed
twice around the neck to tie in a full
bow in front, is back. only you must
wear a pretty little turnover with it
this time. They're mighty satisfactory
way OF finishing or a blouse trimmed
only by tucks.
Chemisettes-there are lots of them
worn. by the way-are stiff. mannish
affairs. or the sheerest. daintiest, most
| feminine bits of things imaginable On
most of them handwork is lavished to
a costly extent, unless you do the work
| yourself And. by the way, a chemisette
may be turned into the prettiest sort
Of yoke for a blouse by setting 1t in
with fine beading or with lace, rolling
the seams underneath.
A new stitch something like long
| French knot. is applied upon some pretty
little French turnover collars, five OF
! the stitches grouped to make a. tiny for
| get-me-not. II Is n slow stitch and a
| troublesome one, but as different from
I t6s usual thing as different can be-