Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — FASHION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FASHION

GIVES RIGHT TOUCH

EMBROIDERY ON BLOUBF.B 18 OF DISTINCT VALUE. Many Varieties That May Be Employed, and None of Them Hard to Girl Bkiilful With tha Needle. There has, in all probability, never been a season in which embroideries have played such an important part in the world of dress, for, nowadays, even the simplest of muslin blouses la beautified with needlework of every description. This fashion is really a godsend to the girl with a moderate dress allowance, if she is at all skillful with her needle, for quite a cheap cotton dress or blouse may be adorned with embroidery until it has all the appearance of a most expensive article. The embroidery can be almost any variety, from the plainest to the most elaborate, according to the taste and capabilities of the worker, and every description of fancy work may be utilized. The most popular kind is satinstitch, rather heavily padded, and

this may be adapted to an Infinite number of designs, from flowing sprays of flowers to conventional and geometrical patterns. A pretty design is the one shown, which consists entirely of butterflies. This is quite easy to execute and may be carried out in that variety of stitches which is comprised under the heading of Mountmellick work. The bodies of the butterflies should be embroidered in satin-stitch, thickly padded, the stitches going evenly across and across. The wings are outlined with satin-stitch and then filled in with any stitch the worker pleases. A very effective method of working them is to cut large eyelet holes, the edges of which are overcast and then buttonholed bars worked across them. This design is a very uncommon one, but looks singularly pretty when carried out with care and taste. The conventional design given in No. 2 is particularly well adapted for embroidering on one of the kimono and Magyar blouses, which are still enjoying a remarkable run of popularity, and may be carried out in white or in colors, according to the blouse itself. Another idea for Mountmellick work is suggested in No. 3, the peacock's feather design, these feathers being worked apparently at haphazard, scattered over the front, back and sleeves of the blouse. Stem-stitch, button hoi e-stltch and feather-stitch are used in this design, while the eye of the feather is embroidered in satinstitch. A very striking and handsome effect may be obtained by working this eye in color, the rest of the em-

broidery being, of course, in white, and a rather deep shade of Saxe or peacock blue will be found singularly suitable. A perfectly plain muslin or cotton blouse, which could be picked up for next to nothing at the summer sales which are with us'now, could be ornamented with this design, which will be found perfectly simple to draw out and particularly quickly and easily worked. For those who are afraid of attempting a heavy pattern in sat* in-stitch there.are a variety of charming and simple designs in stem-stitch or chain-stitch, which may be carried out by the merest beginner. Chainstitch, worked in delicately colored washing silk or filoselle, looks exceedingly pretty on a muslin blouse, having a wonderfully light and graceful effect