NEW KIND OF EMBROIDERY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 20 November 1937, Page 13

NEW KIND OF EMBROIDERY

"MATCH-STICK” PEOPLE Rillikins invented a new type of embroidery when 'fink wanted something really novel to work on a set ot table mats. He had been amusing himself by drawing “match-stick" people. You know the kind? l.ittile manikins, with dots for heads and straight-line bodies and limbs. When Tink had asked us for the liftietii time what she should pul on tier mats, Biliikins showed her what he had been drawing, and we saw possibilities in the idea. Goblin Artist's picture shows you the trimming, and even a Tiny wouldn’t thirl it hard to work, would she? You can actually draw the little figures directly on to the background, freehand, without any tiresome preparations. You

see. it won’t matter il they do loots queer! The queerer, the jollier, in fact Pencil them in. and work in stemstitch, with satin-stitch spots for their heads. Perhaps you would like to make some of them holding Mags, like the left-hand figure? In this case, work the Hags in a contrasting colour. i think you will be best pleased with the results if you embroider the little men in black, to look like ink drav, in.gs. a 1 rl keep the bright colours for flags. ! here is no reason why the manikins shouldn't have pets to make them even jollier And there's a clog tor a cat!) shown in the picture. What can you use the decorations on-' Heaps of things. On table mats, iil.e Tink's, they will look effective. or dancing round a plain webbing -vaistbelt. or on the pockets of a workapron. All the suggestions are shown in Hie sketch. Once you begin, urn will find there are many other ways of using tiie little figures, dust try, rncl sec!

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