Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1910 — VALUABLE SEWING HINTS [ARTICLE]

VALUABLE SEWING HINTS

Things Worth Knowing for My Lady ‘ of_the Needle—Avoid the Knot. The geimpe of plain sheer tulle or net is more frequently used than that of tucks. The yoke is extremely shallow, and the clear flesh tint -is the usual color. A dainty little workbag, just‘fitted to hold the embroidered collars and belts and other paraphernalia of the summer piazza, is of figured lawn, over a lining of light blue china silk. China silk makes a good lining, by the way, for bags which are to hold embroidery silks and things which might be likely to catch upon rougher fabrics. On each side of the bag is a semicircle of lace insertion, bordered with a shirring of blue baby ribbon. The embroidery hoop handles are covered with blue ribbon. The use of a knot is to be avoided in sewing and not to be tolerated in embroidery. The accomplished needle woman rarely finds it necessary to start with a knot, save in gathering or basting. Sometimes a tiny one is slipped under a hem, but it will show on right side if material is sheer and makes an ugly lump in ironing. Two or three over and over stitches taken on wrong side of material is as secure as a knot and much more sightly. In embroidery there is no excuse for a knot. Two or three tiny stitches taken on outline or in body of work where it is afterward covered will hold any stitches. Knots only tend to an untidy wrong side, which no good embroiderer will tolerate and make the work rough in laundering.