Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — Drawn Work.. [ARTICLE]

Drawn Work..

If something new be your aim In the matter of the ornamentation of a blouse, drawn work Is suggested by some of the most successtul makers as an effective relief from the perennial insertion or embroidery. The coarse meshes so much In use this season offer stability and an untisual coolness, to which characteristics is added the easy “drawing” quality.

When marquisette or voile is drawn and worked with coarse linen thread in some of the simpler drawn-work patterns the decorative value is wonderfully increased. Squares, lines and pointed plastrons are attainable and when the whole blouse is built over a contrasting color to bring it Into harmony with the skirt the result Is decidedly successfuL