Household Linen.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue VII, 16 February 1901, Page 325

Household Linen.

EMBROIDERED FRILLS FOR PILLOW-CASES. These frills can be embroidered on linen, and they form a pretty addition to the pillow-slip. You can trace your own patterns quite well if you care to do so. and can copy those given here. The way in which the scallops and points are market! out is this. Cut out a half circle and pencil round it, the points are done by pencilling- round a card point.

In Fig. 1 a small pattern is seen, which is very easily worked. The small satin-stitch balls have loops coming from them, and a French knot between the two upper ones. The loops are made in the same way as those seen in the daisy of Fig. 2.

This is very easy to draw, as all you have to do is to draw circles over the points, and then make your loops, all radiating from the middle.

Bring your needle up in the middle of the circle, and, holding your thread down with your left-hand thumb, and putting your needle in the centre, again bring it out just a little way within the edge of the outer circle.

Draw through, and secure the loop with a short stitch beyond it. A French knot is placed in the middle of each daisy.

Run your scallops, or points, with courser flax than that with which you do the embroidery. If you want to make them stand out very much in relief, as if padded, run some lines of cotton loosely along underneath the buttonholing which forms the scallops. In doing this, let the eotton or flax lie as much on the surface as possible. for yon want it there to- serve as padding, and not at the back. Soft French eotton filoselle is very good for doing this with, and forms excellent padding. The little pattern is done very easily. The fan is done by a few buttonhole stitches all radiating from one (joint. Look at the needle, and you will see exactly how. The stems are done in stem-stitch, and the little flowers are only a few French knots done closely together. These are made by winding the cotton

three or four times round the need'e, which is then pushed through to the back of the work in the ordinary way. The stitches in the little balls in. between must all run in the same di-ec-tion—that is. from left to right, or from top to bottom.

A little fancy braid with open-work border makes an excellent edging. Sew it on the outer edge, and then make the loops secure the other to the linen. Open loops are formed very easily, and if you look at the illustration you cannot fail to understand how they are done.

This is another very easily-done border. The frill is edged with a narrow lace edging, which is secured on the inner side by cording-stitch. This really is only feather-stitch done at one side only. Keep your thread under the needle, and make your slanting stitches at regular intervals. This is a pretty and very useful stitch.

This pretty braid ean be had at most haberdashers' in several sizes. It is cheap and effective. It can be sewn down as it is to the edge of the frill, and then, if further ornamentation is needed, a line of knot-stitch ean be made under it. Bring your needle out to the right side of the material, and put your needle behind the thread in the way eleariv seen in the illustration. Bring it out over the thread a little way down, having taken your stitch a little slantwise. Go on making these knots at regular intervals.