The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16

AS "A FAD
BY EDNA EGAN.

kJAVE you seen them, these lovely
garlands Of roses done I'm re-
lief? 1t Is n new fad In fancy
work--one could scarcely call lt
embroidery-ye IL IS very IKE the
one-time fashionable ribbon embroid-
cry.
The flowers and leaves, in fact, ev-
cry conceivable design, conventional
or unconventional, is worked out
with heavy rope floss twisted to
form the design and caught In place
with fine silk thread.
IL Is not difficult to do this work.
| The woman who has never attempted
| fne embroidery can very soon be-
come an adept in this art, especially
II she has good eye for color COM
binations.
The desired pattern is stamped on
heavy linen and the work begins.
First, the flower stems and leaves
are formed by holding the proper
shade Of green floss over the line
designated by tho design. and at In
tervals OF an eighth OF an inch catch
Ing II to the linen, using a very small
stitch on top and long one UNDER
meath. The leaves are done by twist
ilg,t Ing the silk and laying It on tp tiny
DOlHNb. ri
Select a rich rose-coiored floss and
beginning In the center wlhd The
iioss around and around this central
point, catching II down as ybulwork, Z
until the proper size is reached. BY
working back a few rounds alheavy
padded edge is obtained, thus giving
the appearance OF the petals In full
bloom. ~
Tiny French knots Of yellow silk
make the stamens of the flower.
Water lilies, daisies, carnations.
violets, nearly every known flower
can in this way be duplicated in silk /
Shaded hysanthemums make
wonderfully beautiful design for ta-
BILE cover. This also can bio used
for sofa cushion covers, bureau
scarfs, linen book covers, photo
graph frames centerploces, tray COW
ers, glove aud veil cases, belts, or
any pretty cunceit so dear TO .he
feminine heart. For wedding, gifts.
this new relief work is especially ac-
ceptable. The woman who's looks
ahead will make up some of ner
Christmas gifts OF this work Auring
her idle hours. o.
A fight OF birds, for examplb, en-
broidered on heavy cream -eolored
satin In the, natural colors, makes a
picture that Is quite Japanesdfin ef-
feet, beautiful enoughfto bd Mount
ed and framed In an sxpensiSeaframe !
Il cherry branch laden with snowy
blooms. With, butterAies-,ssh ferine
about, when done on Chinese blue
silk and framed in dull gold. 81
worthy of a place I'm a handsomely
furnished drawing room. iS-v
Little landscape pictures Worked
out In multicolored silks, clusters OF
II, lrult and flowers, are az favoriss de-
The designs can be sketched OH. the
satin with a hard lead pentfi or
stamped by professional. At1
The work Is always done with soft
silks on satin or lustreless silk.
1t Is necessary to have the material
stretched over an embroidery frame
while working. so that there Will not
be the slightec. pucker about the
edges.
After the work is completed Il is
carefully pressed on the wrong side,
mounted over cardboard that has
been slightly padded with layer OF
cotton batting and then framed un-
der glass to preserve IL from dust. In
this way they can be kept for YEARS
and finally handed down to future
generations as samples OF art ree-
dlework done by the women OF, the
2Oth century 5 10 basod WYs .