WORK COLUMN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XIX, 30 October 1897, Page 606

WORK COLUMN.

There i* an absolute erase for la«te «X all kimis this season, with whbrh to «fe*eorate - - - - . ■■ - _• . • *. ■ ‘i: t- . ■-. ~ y.t ' ■ — - *ivrv ami the extravagance »M the prices only tc» - often prevent those with- *haife>w from indulging in that iileny and reautiful access:<y to our EocletEcs. Ami under the ctn‘HiEEk*sanees I am sore my nrader* will he gfod to have in explanation ■given them. *)f h»>w to make the lace *L»wn in the sketch- The m*x *4iie of ail laces o-w •■ en evidence ’ are these with a black fevdcgm-jaisd- the design Wing came*! oat in cTeam-coteanred braids. The Mack tilk and the Lace braid* -‘an be pureha.*e*f at anv Large drapers, bat care must be taken"to foce braid*, ansi n»x linen '<~titi*. a* she latter v*qM be far too heavy and quite un*u£tal«[e to the w»>rk. The "nec mu*E Went to the length and 'xeadEh required ami then lacked on to a pfore paper *x glared calico, which will gi*e a 2 -izm Wrkgrvand o.p»xt which to work- In the design *ketchcd the braid* are *e*n along the -*dgs* nr*t •* all. and then the rosettes are made after-war-1* by t«>ar Large b*>ps of the -raid ami four of the finer make. The d»Xs in.-*i<fe *ach foop are merely *titebes of fifoseile *ilk to match the IxaiJ It mu*<

be that v th* p«j*T >«. ax the bark of the net there ran be no " htaetuag off - a* i» osaal. and the needle most I* nut in and oat at the lace tor a few stitrhe* in order to make the work aemxe It i»

•jaite w.»s>ierfnl how qaiekty thi~ work ran lie done, after a little time hat. been -pent in and of the «»n be very elaborate. Indeed, the resnltj. will often nval the exonisite hand Jares. that owe to ns from abroad. To make a hmi to the iaee. the net -honld le mroe»s over oeree. an>i one of the braid* dewiid be then threaded through the hem.

When the time «*f ’ *.iies ’ is on we pick op all — .•ms of *—idmenb.' ami «io not know how to ttre them to o*e. for who ean resid beatttiral ’ bits' ••Servo to u* at ‘ iesx than

«.-•»« price.' aWsoogh we have really no immediate need that they ran fill. As farmtare brocade is one of the meet fa-fatsatfag of materiafe. it is •j.n.ite posrible that many of my reariers have s»xne scrap they would like to tum to advantage, ami to these I offer my sn-gestims of this very ■•“■•»■ mental little bench. If the beveade i* •loslde width, only twelve inches- will he rojnired. ami. in addirion. the frame work

of the bench fa white wood, a piece of sacking, some fringe, metal aaloa. plash for lire booier. a yard of pfa*h to c»»ver the w«»i «I give tinese separately, a* the two pfashes may contrast in «4oar>. between two and three poomis of horsehair, ami lastly, four very thick copper nails to serve as sapports for the two legs. Yoa legin by naufing on the body of the bench three -trifeof sacking lengthwise, then ten strips across, so forming a strong .sect of weaving-; on this rests the erashio® of the ■eat. made by stuffing an oblong tog of sacking with the horsehair, ami tacking it Srnaly all she way roand before e*>verins it with the bewtarie, am i pfash i»w»ier all the searas in which are nearly covered with the galon This kind of seat is very pretty placed again*t tine hack of an upright piano, when the upper part of the bock shwoM he .fraped so a. to harn»>aise. or looks charming in a hall.