The Washington times., 1917-01-16
Shadow Stitches Will Not Be
Put in the Shade, Says
Margaret Mason.
FRENCH STITCH KNoTTY
Loop Stitch Found in Best Cir
cIes and Chain Stitch Linked
to Prevailing Modes.

Grandma said she dropped q stitch;
I didn't see Il fall
I've hunted for Il everywhere,
And can't nnd 1t at all.
Grandma says she's picked IT up;
didn't see her do Il:
guess old folks are pretty spry
II only we just knew 1t.
For goodness sake, if you drop a
stitch be sure to pick it MP again. for
you will need them all. The newest
and smartest suits. frocks, and wraps
are a mass OF stitching up one side
and down the other.
Don't for a minute think you can
escape having a stitch in the side, for
il you are very chic you will have
them in both sides and in front and
back as well. The old adage, stitch
in time. saves nine, must, go in the
discard, for who wants to save nine
now when Fashion DEGREES that to be
really smart you must be simply prod
igal with stitches.
In ContrastinE Hues.
stitch, stitch, stitch" began '"The
Song or the Shirt" but now it Is the
beginning and the end also of every
swagger article of wearing apparel.
OF course, it il the French whe have
stitched us up in this mad fashion,
and they have decreed that the stitch
ing must be done either in bright and
varicolored contrasting hues or in a
tone darker than the material on
which the stitches are taken.
Wide bands of stitching run around
the bottom OF skirts, checker board
designs OF stitching run criss-cross On
al wSA
sleeves and up and down a skirt in
stripes or running around it is the
thing. No matter which way you
turn you run into these omnipresent
stitches somewhere in the running.
Strange to say, however, every stitch
is not a running stitch by no means.
No, indeed. for there is the back stitch
tnRt has come very much to- the front.
Feather stitching is being let down
easy. but on light and fluffy effects is
sometimes used: and as for cat stitch
ing you will find II very nice on pussy
willow taffetas.
seed stitch Chic.
Briar stitching always is up to the
scratch. and in spite of it's name
youu never look seedy in seed stitch.
There isn't q shadow Of doubt but
that the shadow stitch is not put in
the shade OF any other stitch. and the
chain stitch is sure to link you closely
TO the mode.
The French knot stitch is knotty,
but nice, and the darning stitch is al
ways well worn. The loop stitch is
1sed in the best circles, and there are
so flies on the cobweb stitch. You
come across the cross stitch across
lots of blouses, and the cable stitch
is naturally the very last word in
stitches.
CouehinE stitch Satisfying.
The outline stitch is right in line
with all the best stitches, and lots of
the girls have fastened their fancy on
the buttonhole stitch. Nor does fash
ion lie down on the job when it comes
to the couchtng stitch, $50 you see the
long and short OF It Is that any stitch
at all is good.
Plain stitching, Of course, is really
the most swagger on the tailored
suits and wraps and straight bands,
cross bars and zigzags of the stitching
and sweeping curves are the favored
designs. No other trimmings used
with the stitching save a few buttons
and a touch of fur. Since II would
seem stress is to be laid on the
stitching as a trimming for the rest
of the winter and spring the seam
stress is a very busy person indeed
these days. Both she and the surgeon
are adopts at taking stitches, and
they both stitch you and trim you at
the very same time. y
BY MARGARET MASON