Embroidery.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 79, 2 January 1892, Page 2

Embroidery.

The embroidery of tho present day is of varied character. A few years ago one embroidery alone claimed attention ; this was crewel work. Like all other fancy work which becomes the .rage, it is » 'Olieapeiied^ndvmulh^j^^wit^p^ut^rejgrd to reason, degenerates to the most impossible designs and the worst execution attainable. j&^.e^weKwod£?.^Vgrjgp{p > extent, has passed away,' and though Btill seen, it is really superseded in inodernjdrawihg' rooms^bl^mbroideraes after the Oriental colouring) and* designs'.' jSilk embroidery; redomm^nds itself in 'many ways. It is easily executed and is 'very nek und handsome. whendone.) -rThe. ; foundation is usually. of Tussore* wm which' can be bought with J tne pattern . printed upon it. - To work the embroidtdy it is necessary to line the Tussore with? fine unbleached muslin, and to work- -with; Tussore silk land. Japane^jgo^. thready TheTussore silk; ia dxod^in^verj^siuda of Oriental coipuring. Three to lmu shades of a colour are used!' in &%&*&'{ and two shades of green ' for theleaveeJ The stitch is crewelf stitch • workedtveij close. No shading; about' each.«leafj;ii| necessary,' but < different greje^s tvs uaad for different leaves Jf The go^d tJiread^ aewn,, on as a .finishing touch.' 'ft r is ! ronnd aU the chief 'parts of tlie dffcftns 'and- sewn on asan-edgltffr'with^oWAfi ing stitch*; 'that is^the thread, is •held tightly, stretched,:^ its.; poJEataoaww^|ji^ left hand, jwhije, . stiicn, .- brougnkfro^n the.back of the Material; it and put down 'to tiie ba^'^again' yifctf the right taiid. ! Thift l 6mbr<)id6rT'cafrb« used for mantle border^ :>^ablaiborxlejtii chair backs, and certain bands, the curtain bandsTßeing^mp^y/imedTwith twill. Oriental emb^oid^y cannot bS made up in so many "wayslis 'lecfe' Wfiroidery but is qintenew/iandf-aim^s^jopr^ucing early eastern design; tho fo'un3a%qn^ is single potallod flowers resenxblinif xlau— lias, sunflowera,- or and tendrils are, addecL , Tjie'onlystitcn. used is hernng^bothngi j bufe- it is done so closely together ttast~it looks like an mterwoyen stitch of double crossings, *nd the-flbwera i 'are all worked in tiwiroenftes in a different , eilk\. .to [ that - uowf jon tfieir tips. The Btems r ipng leaves,, ana large branches are worlse^d as closely as the petals in herring-boning, but tendrils fEnd sprays are more open* and i ar.e given the look of coral .BfitchV as a v^riety^ ifn shading select "two colours " tha^re distinct m tone but not jarring in their (»ntrMt; th^creain white; tSed^fdr We outer $e&la can W fioßbod-WtLipale blue, yellow pink; or' ptfre orange. SUNSHINE TtT HOME. " No frait ; of character is mbrevaluable in a woman thanweet temper. Home can never be made; happy.%thout it. It is like the flowers that, spring .up in,. our path wdy, reviving y an^ charing &JWk. a man go hpnle]. at- iught,/ wearied and worn by the toils' of tlie day,' and how soothing is a word dictated by a of lifetaWlfbrgdtten.^.; .rLI.'XJ.fST •■■''^o&«BaY;tKi}l Apple jMpaJ|d.-7y Soak , £, sm ali teaspoon ful of ' gelatsne 1 JJ in? k €esens|oooful of water,; pare, a couple of good-sized baking apples, core^ thenl, cut itheifl mto iprdftfters, and put them, with a small strip of thin lemon-rina, "into ' a 'gallip^f. Set this (covered) in a small stew-pan, with boil, ing water to come-half-way up the jar, and letlthe, apples steam,, f^l ; lift outijthe , kmon-rindjand^swfletenlthe apples ; : , dissqlve the ty at tI rb with; the fijuitj'add . a Inmp of sn^ar'am one or;Wo ?^ops ! .^f^chiSea^^ the preparation into a damp" cup, -iWhen cbldand stiff it is ready. n, : o ; n.-.- I>JL { Cocoanut '-> Pudding;^— Batter .5 »-^flißaJJ dish',- tout a sponge oaie in- slices, place it in the disb^mii ; the.yolk ;pf an egg wijh a.teapnpfnlpl milk, pour it over' tyec&kv, then,stire : w two oqncea pf gr^tedj cocoanut over.^it I ; next, beat the wßite of'ther^i tola .froth, a/jii a teaspbqnfal ' of ponitaia sumfr, Wnd^ taut : oyer : the I t6p of the^pud. ding. -'Baie in a moderate^jven.. 7 - Im/j Sponga.-^Bisßolye;(halfi an d»nce of gelatine in half ai pint pft.m^j beat lhree ; 7l*rge; tablespop^ols, p^raop; bekry j'am orfresh raspberrjes in'anot^ier grated-Jemon-peel j ' the v wtute*' bf : sjs otk an^m i hM i ' witfi^lie' - { - gdSfihe^ii&t ; whisk till aU is frothy. If 4he>ffelfttiHe does not en^elj-'drssolve^inc^d^n^^ must be melted over the fire before being added io i the fruit or iam and the other ingredientsT' '"Vi A ■' \% .^1 'A \\'?. Huia heartily^ all her readers A HAPW-isfKW Year,