Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1910 — MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE DOT [ARTICLE]

MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE DOT

Those Who Embroider WilF Find It More Useful Than Any Other Form of Fancy Work. If you embroider even a little, make friends with the dot. You will find It more useful than any other form of fancy work, especially If you like to make your own designs. Other styles of fancy work come and go, but the dot is always in favor,* for personal embroidery and household decoration. It Is wonderful what you can do with dots. Each time you rearrange them you have a new motif. - . Run them In a single line and you have a neat finish for a box plait or tuck. Put them in the curve of a scallop and at once a simple edging takes on an air of elaboration. Put them together and you have a trefoil; run them on eadh side of a central stem; there is a vine-like foliage; arrange five around an imaginary center, you get a forget-me-not. A stem and one dot make a cherry; a stem with ten dots makes a bunch of grapes. Make a circle of eight dots with three in the center, you have a goodlooking motif for the end of a jabot. Make a larger circle and there is a medallion or frame for monogram or initials. Arrange dots to form diamond, or octagon, Insert a bit of lace, and you have an Intricate effect with little work and cost. Not only can much be done with the single dot of a fixed size, but think of the possibilities of the graduated dot, rows of them decreasing from the outside In, and you realize what stylish borders can be made for parasol, ruffle to a petticoat, or as stripes in a tailored blouse. What Is an ■ eyelet but a hollowed dot? Include it In your dot embroidery and unlimited combinations are possible. Elongate your dots slightly and you have oval effects that add beauty and variety. Embroidery of solid dots is much in favor this season. Whole yokes are made with only dots scattered over the entire surface. Coat sets in linen and pongee have a straight buttonholed edge and the surface covered thickly with coin dots. Collars and tabs are smart with similar embroidery.