EMBROIDERED PAISLEY

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 224, 9 June 1923, Page 14

EMBROIDERED PAISLEY

This is a “Paisley” spring. Millinery, jumpers, cloaks, coats, and trimmings show the Paisley influence. Even interior decoration shares in the vogue. Beautiful cushions are made with cotton Paisley squares embroidered in silks, closely applied to follow the printed pattern in form and colourings (states a writer in the “Daily Mail”). A square of this kind can be bought at one of the large stores and embroidered by the woman who likes and has patience for simple but “lengthy” pieces of ornamental needlework. Fine embroidery silk is required—-peacock-blue for filling in part of the groundwork; gold for the brown-gold which plays so prominent a part in many of the Paisley designs; light brown for giving a touch of relief to motifs worked in the gold; crimson for the strands of deep red found in the pattern; orchid purple for occasional variety; olive and “spring” greens, for the “centres” of some of the motifs.

A lovely piece of work of this kind was made by a clever needlewoman, who obtained unique effects by using a variety of stitches in order to throw the different motifs into relief against the groundwork. She first tacked the cotton Paisley square to a strip of soft Egyptian cotton to give solidity to the work.

Ordinary satin stitch, worked in ribs across narrow strands of pattern and closely packed into small parts of the design; was employed, as well as buttonhole stitchery which was used to outline motifs. Several rows of this buttonholing in different colours, such as lemon, brown, maroon, were combined to raise the edges of a motif of blue and crimson.

Tiny French knots, arranged very closely, made a most effective filling for small portions of the pattern. Larger French knots were worked over some of the designs which had already been filled in with satin stitch. These larger knots were in a contrasting colour to that used for,, the satin stitch. Scarlet knots look well on the blackfilled bands which outlined the edges of the square. Another square of scarlet or black silk can be sewn to the emmroidered Paisley to make the bag or cushion cover.

The new silk or wwoi marocain can be still further beautified by the. addition of embroidery to one or two of the motifs. The addition of metal threads for outlining adds to the richness of the final effect.

A BACK BLOCKS TRAGEDY. The Backblocks hold tragedies that city folk are quite unaware of. For instance, there was the settler miles ar ay from nowhere who lan cut of his supply of Richmond Best tobacco and had to, go without for a day or two. And it was a real tragedy, for when most men have once smoked a pipe or two of Richmond Best they cannot return to other tobaccos and secure the mellow satisfaction which is yielded by Richmond Best. Leading tobacconists sell it at 3s. a 4oz. plug, light or dark, or lOd. ter bz. cut.— Advt. . i