EMBROIDERED AND DARNED LACES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 54, 27 November 1907, Page 3

EMBROIDERED AND DARNED LACES.

Embroidering laco is a new form of fashionable needlework which has tho advantage of producing results that nro c.f practical use in tho wardrobe. Filet broilft is now being used on many costumes, f.nd it may readily bo made by tho expert needlewoman for the adornment of her warlrobc or for presentation to her friends. There are also-many other laces which are embroidered or "darned" with the idea of making them more effective. Pieces of lace too small to use in any other way if embroidered may bo used for tho trimming of bodices in the form of applique. 'Hie samo laco before embroidering might not have been handsome or'olfectivo enough to uso in such small quantity It is also possible to create through the embroidering of laco effective trimmings of any colour .to match or harmonise with a gown from pieces of plain white laco which would not have harmonised at all.

Of course, it seems extravagant to ombroider real filet lace, antique or modern. Tho imitation will do very nicely, and if a fino quality bo chosen will look, with the addition of handsome hand embroidery, sufficiently fine for uso on any gown. If tho worker is willing to devoto a largo amount of time to the decoration of tho lace tho embroidery may he of single raised blossoms, one of which is placed on- each motif of tho lace. The flowers are embroidered ill floss in their natural colours, chenille being used for stems and leaves. The flower is made to stand out surprisingly from tho background by forming the potiils of wire, which is buttonholed, the -petals being filled in with point do Bruxelles. Tho leaves and stems aro usually made fast to tho lace.