LADIES' COLUMN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 11

LADIES' COLUMN.

WALLACIIIAN EMBROIDERY. • «» According to (ho Melbourne Age, Wallachian embroiebvy is Hie newest coinev in the fie'd of needlework. Thcrs is ii simplicity nbont it tlwt puts it within roach of almost any ncedlcwoi'kci. At the K.inie lime it is ieal]y beautiful, and if worked with the right lolours in the right mataiiiil is us riuiablc as it is pretty. Almost any design inav be uoikcd in Wnilaclnnn cmbioiciei'v, though convention 1 ! ones lend themsplvcL be«t to salistactury work. The stitch employed is eimplo buttonhole stitch. In working, the stitches at a slanted inward, iollov. mc; (ho lmoc of tho design, 'llns nukes th" voundin,'; ot cornei s possible. In working rings tho contra is punched \\ ilh a stiletto, and the needle always put into ths hole thus made, iho work can bo done with mercerised cottons in Oriental shades*. It is admiiable for certain burdcis, portieres, and the bordcis of tablecloths. A beautiful exampb of Wiilaohian embroidery was recently exhibited in a tablecloth made of the amber coloured material sold lor making blinds. The Oriental design was cavri'd out solely in /shades of china blue, hilpod out with a touch of black. The cmbiuideiy was confined entirely to the border, 'which wav finished on the iusido edge with a heavy row of satin stitching.