Evening star., 1921-12-30
SUGGESTIONS FOR HOME
SEWING AND EMBROIDERY Y

wide and one and one-fourth yards
long. For material, use the thick,
soft flannel that is sold to make baby
blankets. Buttonhole the edges with
light blue
TO make pattern for the rose, cut
three rings of paper. The first ring
should have an inner diameter of two
and one half inches. The second ring
Saould have an inner diameter of
thre" and one-half inches and an
| outer diameter of six inches. The
third ring should have an inner
diameter Of six inches and AN outer
diameter of seven and thrce-fourths
inches. Basic the smallest ring on
one corner of the flannel. with its
! outer rim four inches from the two
! euSeS OF the corner. Fill the center
dark piueawool. the strands of which
cross d!agonally and are held down
, ny croSS-Stitch at each intersection.
2cfosS the ring work closely strands
OF yellow wool in u long buttonhole.
stitch that radiates from the center
The loop is held down by the little
crosS-st!tch at the outer rim,
YOU can now tear and remove the
paper ring and can then baste the
i second paper ring outside of the vel
| low stitches. Work long interlacing
stitches Of pink over the second ring
lhen, as before. remove the paDer and
then baste the third ring on. over
.na' work light blue buttonholing as
sou worked the yellow over the sec
"hd ring. BE careful to draw the
stitchrs tight, and yet not tight
enough to pull and pucker the flannel
Large blankets for a summer home
can be made in the same way For
them the roses should be Twelve or.
fourteen inches in diameter. aIthouyh
thtv ar: prettier with d fourth ring
AIDED than with the smaller pattern
ehla' sed In the large blankets
stronger colors can be used Yellow,
req ana green. with a little black, is
! an eHect!vc combination Sometimes
| long black stitches run from the cen
Ter out through the rings, but there
shouid be only few of them, here and
lnere. When making a large blanket
Work a rose design in each of the two
upper corners. The small blanket may
| have two. like the large one, or only
one IN the center, or it may have four
! one u each corner.
70 EmbrOider Collar and CufYs in
CrOSs-Stitch.
| A collar of fine crepe embroidered in
| colored croSs-stitch is an attractive
| finish for the neck of d blouse and a
| collar and cuff set gives distinction to
piain dress. Such sets are expensive
! 10 buy. but are Inexpensive and quick
/ ~ made when the work is done at
| nome. If YOU have no pattern by
| which to cut the collar, you can model
/ a paper pattern by pinning manila
paper smoothly into place at the neck
! of your blouse or dress and cutting it
according to the lines of the garment.
| Allow onc-fourth inch all around the
/ collar one eighth yard of crepe Will
! give curve enough for the collar. Cut
! the collar in two sections and piece it
/ at the center Of the back. To cut the
! collar in one piece would necassitate
! the waste of a large circular center
| section, but you can avoid this waste
! by cutting the collar in four sections,
! two small back sections and two
| larger front sections. Join the pieces
! simply by tapping one section slightly
: over another. without turning under
+, the edges. Then apply the cross