THE NEWEST EMBROIDERIES

Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 25

THE NEWEST EMBROIDERIES

The needle of the busy embroideress is going to be busier than ever this summer decorating tea cloths to match the newest china. It is an attractive vogue. The work can include all kinds or stitches, both line, detailed sewing, as well as bold, quickly-worked outlines. And there is also endless scope for colour. If the needlewoman is in a hurry she need decorate just one corner of the cloth. She may, however, prefer to make it an all-over pattern, spending many hours on the moat exquisite handwork. The cloths used are usually readymade. But lengths of linen can be hemstitched or scalloped, and then embroidered. Inspirations. The new tea services are fountains of inspiration. Overlapping coloured spots on white china suggest a corner pattern. AH four corners of a square white cloth could be decorated with the spots in threads of orange and green, or green and grey, according to tho china pattern. Little ticks of gold between thin gold bands pattern a cream tea set. Its cloth would be very charming in cream linen, with a thick band of gold satin-stitched near the hem, and regular rows of cross-stitching sewn at wide intervals between the satin-stitch-ing and the hem. A Plaid Pattern. Criss-cross lines on china which suggest a plaid pattern, can be matched only by a cloth which is embroidered all over. Running stitches in washable yarn are a speedy way of trimming this cloth, because the lines can be spread out to repeat the pattern on a large scale. Rose-buds on a lattice ground call for rather a complicated pattern on the cloth, and the aid of a transfer will be needed, unless the needlewoman is very expert. Silver or Gold. Silver and gold are both seen on the new china. Wavy lines or silver, one inside the cups, and four out appear on a new white set. Silver lines make ah effective corner trimming to the cloth. White flhted china, which boasts no colour at all, is still very much favoured by young brides. The cloth to match can be in white linen, scalloped and embroidered in white threads. If a monogram is also worked in white threads the. cloth will be altogether tasteful and artistic—and, what is more, it will do as a “ ground ” for patterned china as well.