Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1917 — SIMPLE AND QUICKLY MADE [ARTICLE]

SIMPLE AND QUICKLY MADE

Appliqued Patch Embroidery Recommended as Excellent Occupation for the Hours of Leisure. Simple work for busy hands seems to be in demand just at present. Appliqued patch embroidery is simple and is made quickly. - • To make center pieces, cushion tops, scarfs, tidies = or" chair liacks, clothes' bags, etc., plain linen or silk is needed, preferably linen. Circles of applique are cut from cretonne. The design should be a large single flower or small spray in order to cut three-inch circles. The circles are basted to the cloth and stitched oil bjr machine- close to the edge. Chtiin stitclr around each circle with coarse thread, then run through with a white thread in what is called the blanket stitch, or whip it straight along the last row of stitches, catching it over and over. The white rolls in with the black and is very pretty. A scroll is drawn in by cutting out a figure which looks well and then tracing it off on the cloth. usbd, three in a pillow, three in each end of a scarf and three in a chair back. To finish the edge, outline it as the rqedallions were outlined. Dots which are often placed in the center of the scroll work are made of black in The satin stitch.