Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1912 — TOWEL DESIGNS ARE PRETTY [ARTICLE]

TOWEL DESIGNS ARE PRETTY

Natural Colors Introduced to Add to Effect, and Results Speak for Themselves. When the dainty cross stitch designs in natural colors were fashioned in garlands from flowers and bowknots on towels last year many declared nothing could be prettier, but now the darn stitch and the bias Btitch, also in natural colors, have been introduced and they certainly are attractive. At the present moment, however, no towels are meeting with popular favor like these variously termed the “medieval design," the “20th century design’* and “Venetian point’’—designations that are confusing in both period and place. There is some excuse for this, as the designs show the influence of lace’s evolution and do not cling to any one decided type, but borrow beauty from all. The work is done in a sort of buttonhole stitch, combined with punch work.