SMOCKING AND CROSSSTITCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 19 (Supplement)

SMOCKING AND CROSSSTITCH

OLD-FASHIONED NEEDLEWORK ON THE NEWEST MODELS Many of the newest gowns are trimmed by stitchery such as our grandmothers, delighted in. A very modern little frock of white crepe de chine, which boasted a waistcoat of embroidered red suede and had the shortest of skirts, was smocked, crossstitched and gauged! The jaunty waistcoat was finished with a narrow white suede belt, and the hat that wjs worn with this creation was of white crinoline, in the vagabond shape, with natural-looking red roses piled up one side. Smocking gives a childish touch which goes well with some of the extremely "young” frocks that will be worn in the summer. The little vest which fills in the “V” of the waistcoat on day frocks may be finely tucked or embroidered in any way, and on skirts, of course, embroidery of every kind, from the homely to the startlingly futuristic, runs riot. But there seems to be a preference for the old sampler stitches, which are certainly delightful either in white or colours on dainty frocks.