| Show NEWEST NEEDLEWORK All Designed for Women Who Delight De-light In Decorating the Home Some new tatjle covers are being made of a coarse German canvas just recently imported JJThis canvas is to be had in three colors bright scarlet brilliant blue and a deep shade of ecru These were combined In a cloth I was shown at the decorating art rooms The centre squares of 13 inches was of the scarlet canvas on which was worked a conventionalized design in crossstitch with heavy soft silks To this square was joined by ornamental orna-mental stitches in red and ecru silks a band of the blue canvas 5 inches in depth On this a design of rococo work showed most effectively the moulds be ing covered with bronze threads and silks S Joined to the wrought blue band by more elaborate stitches was a hand of the ecru canvas eight inches wide worked also with a pattern in cross stitch with scarlet and blue ilk and finished scroll workcarried out in gold tread and blue and scarlet silks This style of table cover is entirely new and foi richness of color and effect cannot be surpassed Commenced Com-menced including silks and the recoco moulds for covering these cloths cost 9 The canvas is J > a yardS yard-S ROSE TBLE CENTRE At a lunch gLen I recently by Mrs Paran Stevens a very exquisite table centre was used A large square of bolting cloth was embroidered with a graceful design of great pink roses buds attered rose petals and ribbons I in one corner A large spray of itoscs tied with a bow kr ot almost reached the centre where it was met by a wand ring branch of full blown and half falling roses and buds Over the whole sur face as if drifted by the breeze loose rosepetals lay scattered It is difficult to imagine the realistic perfection of the shading and blending of this work A narrow pink silk gimp bordered the edge of the cloth which was simply laid over the damask the white satiny texture of the latter showing up the delicate embroidery in a marvellous way A silver bowl placed on the con tre of the rose embroidered cloth con tained about half a dozen exquisite Catherine Mermet roses this last touch to the scheme making it difficult to tell where the real ended and the artificial began The dainty doylies wereminia tures of the larger clothS cloth-S BROCADED PAPER WEKJCTT S I saw a very novel paper weight the other day On examination it proved to be the homely flatiron which covered with rich brocade and tied up with bright satin ribbons was masquerad ing with great effect as an attractive and useful ornament on a well appointed appoint-ed writing table This same brocaded weight would be a serviceable adjunct to a sewing ta ble S BOOKCOVER FOR THE PAPER NOVEL s A charming book rover lay in close proximity to it The owner of the table has a knack for surrounding herself her-self with pretty trifles It was intended intend-ed for use on the countless papercov eied books which one buys and reads in these days The outside was copper colored chamois cha-mois Watered silk of a somewhat lighter shade was used for lining To make such a cover cut the chamois cha-mois an Inch larger all around than the size of the ordinary paper covered novel aIid cut the lining half an inch smaller than the outside The chamois as in this case may be embroidered in as pretty design of oak leaves and acOrns in shades of olive silks with the leaves veined and the acorns worked in gold thread The acorns should be worked over a pad ding of worsted a color to match the silk to give a raised effect When the lining and outside are ready to be glued together lay in on each side a pocket or slip of moire rib bon three inches wide under these in use the covers of the book are slipped Then the ends of the ribbon is secured between lining and leather Also glue in a narrow ribbon to tie around the bookA A FAVORITE LAMP SHADE Women have found the fragilelook ing crip paper so silklike and lustrous lus-trous in texture remarkably durable and those who doi not care for the countless pretty trifles now fashioned from it favor the handsome lampshades lamp-shades S S The large shades of yellow and white which look like mammoth onqttils are simplicity itself to make and retain their freshness through two seasons while delicate silk shade fades before one season is over S c S I A roll of the yellow papers nineteen inches deep and one of the white the same depth a brass wire frame with an asbester protector obtainable at any fancy goods store and lastly two yards and a half of threeinch wide yellow satin ribbon are all the material mater-ial necessary Lay the two papers together using the white for the underside place them over the brass frames and with strong wire fasten the paper tightly and the little brass ring at the top of the frame letting the gathers evenly evenly around It leaving about seven inches of the paper to flare up above the ring curve up the yellow paper at intervals around the bottom leaving the white to show and finally tie the ribbon over the wire in two long looped bows S and buds 1 ISABEL DUNDAS |
