THE WORK CORNER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XIII, 31 March 1894, Page 310

THE WORK CORNER.

TO MAKE A FANCY APRON. The materials are one yard of linen lace —striped scrim, three-quarters of a yard wide—the kind used for window curtains, one yard of any pretty white lace, two inches wide, crochet edging will do, a few skeins of embroidery silk, and two and one-half yards of ribbon one and onequarter inches wide of the same colour. If possible, get the scrim in a pattern of broad and narrow stripes, the narrow one-half inch, the broad two and one-half inches wide. Then, commencing eleven inches from the end, featherstitch on both sides of all the narrow stripes with the same colour. Then feather-stitch on both sides of all the wide stripes with some shade that will harmonize or contrast well; for instance, dark blue for the narrow, Indian red for the wide. Beginning seven inches from the bottom on the other side of the scrim, feather-stitch down to the bottom in the same way. Finish with a narrow hem, and feather stitch across it. Turn this piece up six inches on the right side of the apron, sew the lace to the hem and catch it (the lace) to the apron at spaces seven inches apart. Make a hem one and one-half inches wide at the top of the apron, and ornament it with two rows of feather-stitching running across it, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the hem. The model I am describing has the narrow stripes worked with blue of a medium shade, and the broad ones with shaded blue, running from a pale to a very dark tint. The ribbon may be drawn through the hem, crossed, and tied in front, or the hem can be drawn up on half a yard of ribbon, and the remainder used to make long-looped bows or rosettes at each end. The latter way is very pretty, but the apron must then be pinned on to the dress when worn.