Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-15
CROSS STITLd AGAIN.
o1d-Fashioned Needlework Brings It
Back to Favor.

The revival Of old-fashioned needlework
has become popular this fall. and women
who have leisure for 1t are doing the same
kind of fancy decoration on pillow covers
and chair cushions that their mothers and
even great-grandmothers did years ago.
One of the favorite varieties this season
is the making of pine pillows. and many
women who have spent the summer In the
country or mountains brought home boxes
and trunks full of pine needles and fur
cones, to be put into cushions to scent a
living room or a library with the pungent
odors Of the woods.
These needles and cones are put Into
muslin or cambria timing. and then COW
cred with an ecru shade of linen and dec
Grated with embroidered fir needles and
pine cones done in rich forest brown cot
ton that gives 'woodsy' appearance. APP
proprate lettering is used on most or these
cushions, the words worked In between the
branches and cones In an artistic way.
Some Of these notices are as refreshing as
the hemlock odor. and all are short and
strongly of the forest. as Breath OF the
Forest" THE Murmuring Pine and Hem
lock" or "Give Me of Thy Balm. Oh. Fir
Tree!'
Five or six Of these cushions banked on
a library couch with light brown canvas
table cover embroidered in the same motif
lends to an apartment the real forest at
mosphere. Tapestry. though expensive
work, is also a favorite with many women
who are making pillow covers and tops
for upholstered chairs. In Florentine.
medallion, dragon and scroll designs. this
work Is effective and decorative enough for
use In the most extensively furnished re-
ception rooms or parlors.
The foundation for the work Is coarse
canvas OF either white or ecru shade; the
color makes little difference. as 1t is all
entirely covered by tapestry. The designs,
whether in elaborate Florentine or In SIM
pie scroll patterns. are worked out In
worsteds, In forest colors as well AZ In
bright shades, with a sprinkling OF silk to
give lightness to the rather somber tones.
The materials to make tapestry cover
for a chair or top for pillow cost about
SIS, 50 that this variety OF revived needle
work 10 not as inexpensive as the ornamen-
tation used on the pine pillows and covers.
Crocheting or knitting silk ties Is more
popular than any OF the other kinds OF ar
tistic needle work. and there are few wom-
en- or young girls, especially those in So
ciety, who cannot beast Of having made at
least one four-in-hand tie. These are made
with either simple knitting or crockett
stitches, that an amateur can readily learn.
or with fancy stitches that only expert
workers understand. and both extremes are
equally desirable and pretty. Most of the
ties are made for men friends. brothers or
fathers, though recently many OF the fair
new fall tailored shirt waists.
They are made In the solid coiors. pre-
ferably green. in three or four shades; red,
in various tones. lavender. corn, white.
black and blue, or in the heather mixtures
Of green and white: green. black and red;
green. white and blue. or red and white,
red and black black and white. 1t takes
about two spools Of silk for these ties. and
the cost Of each Is 81. SO this popular neck
wear IL not expensive except when bought
ready made. and as the intrinsic worth Of
these ties lies In the fact that they are
made by hand, few women buy them at 50
q piece, the sum asked for them In the
smart shops where they are on sale.