Evening star., 1914-04-12

"HIS is lace season. and it is i'm
4 portant to know the different ways
Of applying lace TO material. espe
cially fine lace like shadow and valen-
! ciennes a practical well as orna
mental way to insert lace. which keeps
the edges from frayins, is as follows:
First haste the lace on at both edges,
and if You have to cross the lace cut
away the under part and overland the
upper edges to the under edges.
When the lace is all basted on, hem the
edges down, keeping the lace as smooth
as possible. 1t is well to do this sewing
over paper, especially if done by machine,
as it will prevent puckering or uneven
ness after the material is cut away. The
paper may easily be pulled away after the
sewing.
Leave a quarter Of an inch of material
on each side after cutting away, and
turn this in away from the lace to make
a tiny hem. Featherstitch this hem from
the right side Another good way to in
sert lace is to overland the edges
If YOU are using insertion beading on
an edge that is to be trimmed with lace.
the edge of the dress or other material
should first be whipped to the beading.
Then. if the lace is to be felled on, the
heavy thread at the top of the lace should
| be drawn up. This thread is found in all
lace edging, and is a great convenience,
for it saves the bother of gathering the
| lace 1t acts as gathering thread, ana
/ one can make the lace as full as desired.
| Now whip the lace to the other edge OF
] the beading.
| Wide lace banding will be used SO
much on lingerie dresses that 1t is well to
know tie proper method of handling II
| with either plain material or tucking.
The lace should be Tapped three-eighths
, Of an inch over the right side of the
material and basted in place. Turn the
| dress or other material to the wrong side
and turn, under the edge of the material
twice in narrow hem and baste it. Turn
| your work to the right side and sew the
| hem through the finished edge of lace.
There is a wide difference between the
plain dress that is Just commonplace
! and the equally plain one that has some
/ distinctive individual touch. For in
! stance, when making children's clothes
| a bit OF brilliant color may be introduced
4 in the e.nbroiderng of dun fabric, while
bright materials may be relieved by en-
4 broidery done in white or one or two
soft dull cOlOfS naflnOnlLlHS Win lial Oh
The. material. Cotton Soutache braid is
/ inexpensive and easy to into at
1 tractive patterns on little girls washable
dresses and the suits for very little boys.
| Cross-stitch is also easy to do and par
| ticularly good for childrens clothes.
| = X
| The following are a few trimming
| touches which may be easily managed :
/ Old blue silk thread may be cross-stitched
i in a scattered design on fine checked
white voile.
striped material make trimming that is
| simple and pleasing in design. Cross
stitch worked in two shades OF blue
makes a pretty trimming for children's
aprons and play dresses of natural-col-
ored linen.
| dotted scalloped border worked in
mercerized cotton of a darker shade is
pretty on collar. sleeves and down the
front of a child's dress of blue ratine.
White soutache braid and old-rose mer-
cerized cotton in French dots and solid
embroidery may be used to border pink
ratine.
suitable for coat may be braided i'll
white soutache. A light green soutache
border is very pretty frock of dark
green linen. Narrow gold-colored SOU
tache may be used on school dress %
hlI,a serge Designs used for trimrn ns