Turkey twill or blue linen between the borders, a bolder and richer
appearance is obtained. Another style is to work on damask borders
of grotesque animals with curling tails, similar to those seen in twelfth
century missals. These are very uncommon, and look well worked in
linen threads or washing silks. There are also handsome cloths in
which a flowing, conventional, rather heavy pattern is worked on a band
of blue linen in white linen thread. The band used is herring-bone, like
the old Cretan work. Sometimes the family motto is worked all along
the front of the cloth. This is ornamental and does not look obtrusive,
when the words are written diagonally and separated by lines and some
ornamental device. To finish the covers the sides are hemmed in blind
stitch, and the ends heavily fringed by knotting in the colors -used in
the embroidery.
SOILED LINEN RECEPTACLES.
A bag for collars and cuffs is made by cutting out three pieces of
ecru Turkish toweling and slanting to a point at each end. Work
half an inch from the edge a vine of zcarlet zephyr in a coarse feather
stitch ; over this a thread of gold-colored filling silk, so that the gold
lays on top of the scarlet ; hem the edges ; crotchet a shell of scarlet
around the pieces, sew them together, sides and bottom, and put a large
tassel at the bottom, or cord and balls ; also hang up with the latter.
Or this : Take a pretty design of cretonne, or silk patchwork, and
put it. on a lining of cambric; then a band of inch and a half ribbon
or velvet is feather-stitched around this ; make two sides of this ; sew
it together like a bag ; run a satin ribbon in at the top to hang it on the
dressing-case by. A band of the ribbon must be sewed on at the top
to run the ribbon or sheer-string in.
SMOKING CAPS.
A smoking cap of violet or brown velvet, or in any color to match
the dressing-gown or smoking jacket, is made by taking a circular
piece of cloth and pleating it in tiny pleats around the edge, and
put inside a band to fit the head. The band and top may be braided,
embroidered, or worked in applique, with button in center of the
crown. This is lined with silk and the top made flat, like the caps that
French cooks and bakers wear. Cut this all in paper first, getting it
just to suit, before cutting the velvet or broadcloth. Another pretty
one is of turban shape, like the Polish skating cap, with a long point
drooping from the crown, with a heavy chenille tassel, or cutting the
rim wide in round points, and puffing the crown on, laying the pleats
between each point. The rim may be corded with chenille, or embroi-
dered.
78 FANCY WORK,
SOFA PILLOWS.
An embroidered one is of black satin, with wheat heads, poppies,
daisies and grasses embroidered mostly in Kensington stitch, and fin-
ished on the edge with a cord of gold and cardinal. A more service-
able pillow for a sofa or lounge can be made by crotcheting four stripes
— two black and two cardinal, in Afghan stitch. Join the stripes
together in the usual way by crotcheting a cord on the right side. The
under side is pretty done in one block of cardinal, eighty stitches wide
and fourteen inches long.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Turkey twill or blue linen between the borders, a bolder and richer appearance is obtained. Another style is to work on damask borders of grotesque animals with curling tails, similar to those seen in twelfth century missals. These are very uncommon, and look well worked in linen threads or washing silks. There are also handsome cloths in which a flowing, conventional, rather heavy pattern is worked on a band of blue linen in white linen thread. The band used is herring-bone, like the old Cretan work. Sometimes the family motto is worked all along the front of the cloth. This is ornamental and does not look obtrusive, when the words are written diagonally and separated by lines and some ornamental device. To finish the covers the sides are hemmed in blind stitch, and the ends heavily fringed by knotting in the colors -used in the embroidery.
SOILED LINEN RECEPTACLES.
A bag for collars and cuffs is made by cutting out three pieces of ecru Turkish toweling and slanting to a point at each end. Work half an inch from the edge a vine of scarlet zephyr in a coarse feather stitch ; over this a thread of gold-colored filling silk, so that the gold lays on top of the scarlet ; hem the edges ; crotchet a shell of scarlet around the pieces, sew them together, sides and bottom, and put a large tassel at the bottom, or cord and balls ; also hang up with the latter.
Or this : Take a pretty design of cretonne, or silk patchwork, and put it. on a lining of cambric; then a band of inch and a half ribbon or velvet is feather-stitched around this ; make two sides of this ; sew it together like a bag ; run a satin ribbon in at the top to hang it on the dressing-case by. A band of the ribbon must be sewed on at the top to run the ribbon or sheer-string in.
SMOKING CAPS.
A smoking cap of violet or brown velvet, or in any color to match the dressing-gown or smoking jacket, is made by taking a circular piece of cloth and pleating it in tiny pleats around the edge, and put inside a band to fit the head. The band and top may be braided, embroidered, or worked in applique, with button in center of the crown. This is lined with silk and the top made flat, like the caps that French cooks and bakers wear. Cut this all in paper first, getting it just to suit, before cutting the velvet or broadcloth. Another pretty one is of turban shape, like the Polish skating cap, with a long point drooping from the crown, with a heavy chenille tassel, or cutting the rim wide in round points, and puffing the crown on, laying the pleats between each point. The rim may be corded with chenille, or embroidered.
SOFA PILLOWS.
An embroidered one is of black satin, with wheat heads, poppies, daisies and grasses embroidered mostly in Kensington stitch, and finished on the edge with a cord of gold and cardinal. A more serviceable pillow for a sofa or lounge can be made by crotcheting four stripes — two black and two cardinal, in Afghan stitch. Join the stripes together in the usual way by crotcheting a cord on the right side. The under side is pretty done in one block of cardinal, eighty stitches wide and fourteen inches long.