STYLES IN NEEDLEWORK

Evening Star, Issue 19613, 20 July 1927, Page 10

STYLES IN NEEDLEWORK

“ Back to tlio antique,” was the note of much modern needlework shown at the Hoy a I School of Needlework Exhibition held recently in London. Even for the very young ancientfashions seemed supreme. Little closefitting Dutch caps of finely embroidered muslin, finished with a. round motif at the back, wore reminiscent of early Dutch paintings. The infants’ robes so lovingly depicted in these old family groups were also reproduced for the modern baby. One simple christening robe had tiny epaulettes of embroidered muslin, while a first “short” frock had a quaintly stiff frill running down the front as well as round the neck and skirt. Cot covers of white woolly blankets were decorated with cherubs’ heads outIned in stern-stitch—a,feature of the Tudor style of embroidery, though the design was new. For the baby or more lively tastes there were rugs of the same material with amusing animals, such as camels and stags, appliqued in red and bine blanket. Of fine blanket, too, were the little pink and blue dressing gowns for toddlers, with white appliqued cats peeping from the pockets. Bedroom slippers to match were also provided with woolly cats. In a pink voile chess for a small girl of four we were back in Queen Victoria’s time, with tiny stiff white daisies and prim leaves making a sampler-liko border.