Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-05
Bed and Dresser Coverings.

Bed and Dresser Coverings.
Making fittings for mes own room
Is a very agreeable task which most
| girls enjoy, and In summer time when
there are many hours to be spent over
needle work many girls make 1t a
practice to prepare an entirely new
outfit Of lace and linen fittings for their
beds and toilet tables.
There are Just now 8 great variety Of
simple bedspreads which girls a
make with very little difficulty and
which will be most satisfactory for
regular use because Of their good
wearing qualities. Among these are
the light spreads made of dimity; not
the sort that is used for frocks, but a
somewhat heavier variety. These are
hemstitched or finished with a hem
above which is placed a row Of inser-
ton either Of lace OF fine sheer en-
broidery, or IF a girl likes to do needle
work particularly well, a very pretty
way Of finishing the spreads Is to use
several rows of brierstitch in coarse
linen thread.
There are white figured materials in
satin finish that look something like
table cloths in checks, striped and
Powered designs, either Of cotton or
linen and OF heavier weight thar the
dimity. These are also finished with
hemstitching or, better still, with a
scalloped edge button holed In lined
thread. These launder beautifully If
little or no starch be used. If starch
be used they become entirely too stiff
and shiny to be really attractive ex-
cept to those who like to see cleanli-
ness of a glittering order.
Those who are ambitious to make
more elaborate spreads may have them
OF linen with a row Of insertion at the
hem or an edging of lace and an en-
broidered monogram framed in the
narrow lace. Still more elegant bed
spreads are made with squares of lace
set in a regular intervals. These are
usually finished with a lace edge and
between the blocks of lace there are
bands or vines of embroidery. The
lace used is usually Venetian or flet
for the blocks and Cluny for the trim
ming. Another design for a very beau
tiful ~bedspread is of exquisitely sheer
handkerchief linen, embroidered with
delicate vines and flowers and edged
with a ruffle that is embroidered in
the same fashion.
With these spreads there are bureau
scarfs or covers for the dressing table
made Of the same material, and trim
med In the same fashion. 1t Is a fad
with some girls to have one flower
represented In the decoration of their
rooms. and when his is lone the en-
broidery on the bedspread and On the
dressing table cover are also In this
design. For the country house II is al
ways necessary to have a warm cover
ing folded on the foot of the bed or
otherwise at hand and this may be In
all white satin or a touch Of color
otherwise at hand and this may DO in
all white satin or a touch Of color
otherwise absent from the room may
be very prettily introduced here.
The centre Of these quilts or COM
fortables is made Of brocade, and In
stead Of the large flower patterns.
which nave been popular, delicate
small designs are now being used. One
girl who a taken the wild rose de-
sign of her room had this as the motif
for the embroidery on her white spread
and bureau cover, which was all In
white linen thread. The brocade quilt
for her had also the wild rose design
In a very dainty pattern and quite
small, but there was a touch of pink
In the design which set off very pref
tily the pure Wilderness of the rest Of
the room.
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Embroidered Collars.
Now that all the summer blouses
are cut low, the Dutch collar Is again
with us, but mounted OH a neckoand
20 as to avoid the unpleasant exposure
or the WnOle neck SO freQuen last
summer. These collars are often, OF
course, Of embroidered linen, but are
seen also In Joined rows Of insertion
or In ~all-over lace with q gathered
or frilled edging. They vary In width
from two to five inches. One quite
new style is In plain lawn, with round-
ed front ends, with doubled over bias
folds Of lawn or batiste stitched upon
them. Sometimes every alternate row
Is in black or color. No jabot Is worn
with these collars, but they are fas-
| tened by means OF a large cameo or
some other pin IN the same quaint
fashion.
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New Belts.
Now that belts are again In fashion
the needle worker Of ability will find
ample room for the exercise of amateur
talents I'm the creation OF some Of the
! highly ornamental siraies such o: arc
now being sent from Paris.
The belts are made OF silver gauze or
gold albion, black satin or velvet,
cloth OF gold and many other elaborate
fabrics which have the quality neces-
sary for a good girdle.
They are embroidered and spangled,
trimmed with applique. In ribbon and
gold and silver braid, and where they
are fastened there Is an ornament
made OF covered buttons grouped to-
J gether. the buttons being covered with
gold. figured and brocaded ribbons