THE FINISHING TOUCH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1331, 8 January 1912, Page 9

THE FINISHING TOUCH.

While dross trimmings can hardly be too simple in design, special attention should be paid to colour and stitchery (says an Australian writer). A one-piece gown of blue poplin bordered round the round-cut blouse bodico with nothing more than a row of darker blue dots the size of ;i shilling, enclosed in,a rather larger black ring, will look as well as a gown showing a much moro elaborate pattern. Rows of fine feather stitch or herringbone, with rows of French knots in black, make a simple and most effective dress trimming. There is not anything better worth the doing.than cross-stitch, and for thoso who do not wish to depend on transfers for their patterns a great deal can be done by tracing round coins to make groups of dots. Groups of these dots worked in such colour as old rose and black—two of tho former and one of the latter—in Dutch bine, in lime green or in any of what are known as the Persian colours, will result in excellent trimming for all sorts and descriptions of linen and cotton gowns. For children and school girls simple Magyar smocks a very narrow trimming done in blue and red ingrain cotton, in cross-stitch for preference, looks very well and lasts indefinitely. It is always well l to test the reliability of a fast colour guarantee by bailing, or by washing in very hot water a small specimen of tho finished work, as on tho durability- of a colour depends the whole success of