Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

ing towels If a girl wishes to make an
Easter gift which will prove highly accept
able to almost any woman there are few
things which she may select with more con-
fidence of giving pleasure than hand en-
broidered towels. The towels are also
trimmed with narrow bands of crocheted
lace.
A set of laundry bags in white linen
is another most attractive and useful
piece of work upon which to employ
ones self during the spring. These are
most appropriately trimmed with white
Isoutache or with another white braid
which is fat and wider than the SOU
tache. Two bags are necessary, and it is
wise to have three if one has time to
make them. The heavy linen clothes
may be kept in one, the more fragile gar
ments in another and in smaller one
the collars and jabots. 1t is frequently
necessary to make such a division when
sending ones clothes to the laundry; as
some of the things may be done in the
house while others need to be sent to
cleaners, therefore it is easier to have
| the different bags.
The bags are trimmed with braid along
the edge and across the top and en-
| broidered or rather braided with the
monogram. They are drawn up with
cords formed of the braid twisted. Some
times instead of being braided the bags
are embroidered with heavy linen thread
in large open design. which does not
take long to do. Laundry bags of white
linen are also embroidered in cross
stitch.
For some time there has been a con-
tinued effort to revive old styles of en-
broidery or stitchery, as it is perhaps more
accurately termed. Cross stitch and tap
estry stitch are among the many styles of
handwork which have been thus revived
and have proved most popular The old
tambour work is also to be noticed among
the fashionable embroideries, anG also there
is a tendency to revive the old fashioned
scalIoped edges, with which all embroid-
cred pieces were once bordered. With this
revival of old stitches comes a revival of
old patterns as well, and among the new
est designs for handwork of all sorts are
many which were popular long time ago.
One of these revived patterns which
have been noticed among the newest de-
signs for embroidery is the tear drop
ipattern, once so popular and which was
used then as now with the scalloped
edge. There is frequently a dignity and
genuine quality of design about these old
patterns which added to their quaint
ness makes them particularly attractive.
They are being much used for the COW
crs of lingerie pillows and indeed for all
sorts of decorations both for articles for
the boudoir and for personal use. What
is known as darning on linen is also
among the handicrafts now popular, but
this is generally used only on heavy ma
terials, for pillow covers of more dur
able character, for instance. 1t IS not SO
annropriate for the more delicate forms
of decoration which are used on sheer
I fabrics.
Lingerie pillows are made of linen OF
several weights and trimmed with en-
broidery and narrow lace. The monogram
is embroidered in the centre or one corner
sometimes. Fine pique is also being used
for lingerie pillows. 1t is embroidered and
often finished with ruffle scalloped on the
edge and buttonholed by hand. Another
faVorite styIe of lingerie pillow is of me-
dium weight linen embroidered and bor-
dered with two-inch lace-Cluny, Valen-
ciennes or crochet.