Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1911 — FROM HEAVY LINEN SKIRT [ARTICLE]

FROM HEAVY LINEN SKIRT

Many and Lasting Doilies Made by One Cleveland Resourceful ‘ . Woman. The housekeeper whose supply of dollies is getting low should look over her summer wardrobe and see if there are any heavy linen skirts not worth making over, but whose material will last for years. ; These can be cut into dollies ot various sizes. One woman from the best parts of a nine-gored skirt cut an oval centerpiece, twelve plate doilies and twelve tumbler dollies to match, with four smaller ovals for under dishes. The plate dollies were nine inches in diameter finished and the tumbler doilies five inches. There was no extra cost for stamping, as the edges were finished with a grouped scallop, the central one being twice the size of that on each side. This -applied to the doily brought two of the smaller scallops side by side, with a large one between every two.'' The scallops were padded with chain-stitch and worked in No. 30 mercerized white cotton, in a close buttonhole stitoh. -; * In the center of each scallop was worked an eyelet, that in the big scallop being larger than the others. A second row of the smaller size was added, placed opposite the point where the two small scallops join. This gives a pyramidal effect alternating with the larger eyelets. At one side of each doily was embroidered initials in small block letters. This design is easy to copy if (me experiments with the correct sized scallop for each dolly. v