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Show Some handiworks in danger of being lost art By Hazel S Parkinson Lifestyle Staff Writer Fads in dress, furnishings and accessories influence domestic arts entries at the Utah State Fair now in progress Some home arts categories are and have become obsolete , . '' l71:: v. r. " La c s1 f. ''' . $ categories, cluny, hardanger, handmade lace, netting, drawn work and hairpin lace, are in danger of becoming lost arts m Utah, says Roeny Wood, Murray, supervisor of the Home Arts Department at the Utah State Fair These arts done m sofa and chair sets, buffet scarves, vanity sets and dodies are decreasing m popularity Interest Increasing Interest in crocheting afghans, rugs and ponchos are patterns. Imported Thread Fine thread, 2)0 count, used increasing as is knitting Last year a new category-wom- ens poncho or capes was added. in in s X '? v, 1. r are few in number) entenng the hardanger embroidery past three years come from Cache County t sweepstakes award winner last year, entenng a hardanger centerpiece, is a delightful, spry, Mrs. Gertrude Tarbet, Logan. It was only a decade ago that she learned this embroidery form Since then she has taught 15 others A S' 'Mrs. Gertrude Tarbet, Logan, works on hardang-e- r tablecloth. Much of pretty design is original. Currently, she is working a tablecloth in hardanger of acru linen. Most of the design is onginal. Some new stitches she created. When complete, she will give the tablecloth to a daughter. I have a weeks work left to finish the cloth. I was hoping to get it completed m time for the state f..ir. But I didnt want to press myself or my eyes. I'll enter it next year. Norwegian Art Hardanger takes its name from a mountainous region in southwest Norway, where the people made open work embroidery of a particular char- cluny is imported from Germany and France. Mrs Andreason used to have a contact m Europe who obtained the thread for her. But not anymore. Locally the finest thread they can obtain is 15(1 count. The finer the thread, smaller the hook and shaft the better the article fares in judg- f J - , X I? V v v. . X Vv X . She anticipates doing The Last Supper m a filet sampler is a geometric guipure lace heavy and large Cluny 8j N I r pattern, sections, scalloped joined by bars worked :n fine thread with a thin crochet rvAW? y-- . r v iJijl - hook pirst introduced in 1860 in France, cluny takes its inspiration from 16th and 17th Century scalloped bobbin laces made by monks and housed in the Cluny Museum in Pans. Hence its name XivX httx&Sr The history o' embroidery has been and needlework traced back to the early Egyptians (found on clothing and wrappings of mummies) and Jews JOSSb Sisters, Mrs. Veda Andreason, left, Mrs. Rhea Beeny, cheek cluny cro chet doilies which they entered in competition at the Utah State Fair. V Betrothal news Of course, every stitch has to be perfect to begin with, says Mrs. Beeny Mrs Beeny thinks rolled stitch crochet is the hardest to do The thread is wrapped around the shank 15 times and pulled through to make one roll. sss :? f js r, hadn't had so much x h.A ' .5, jiJ 41 . aer i m tz 3 22 v. 0&vt Planning an Oct 11 wedding m the Salt Lake LDS Temple are Leslie Sessions and Wade J. Meier 3 "SSa.a- - m 'f'V ' 'V5" .... & tf- Leslie Sessions - xj, (fefRrl, r Currently, Mrs. Andreason who m years past has won national prizes in handiwork competition, is completing a sampler of The Lords lTay-edone in filet crochet. She follows a pnnted pattern, which marks each stitch and line. I X ? ij I this summer, company would have had it done in time for the state fair, she said ing "If X Family Page 12 red ones. Rarely do they place below second The women learned the handiwork arts from their mother, Ida Finley. Both make up their own dt signs and patterns. Sometimes they take inspiration from each other or from nooks and pamphlets they find Mrs. Andreason has several booklets written m German which she can't read. With the help of a fnend she can figure out words and some of the Most of the women (they n, Food FiN Section mands. V1 ;wX,F'71? r 1 ifestyle Women interest and other categories are added as popularity deFor example, handiwork - Salt ukf cnbxtnr few, if any entries, and httlc w - (tbr 3,1 r2555fc. mmm w' fli 1 hV x )( tT The future bnde, daughter of Mrs. Barbara Sessions, Salt Lake City, and the late N. Reed Sessions, received an associate degree from Bngham Young University, where she affiliated with Shomrah Kiyel 4 The prospective bridegroom, son of Mr. and Mrs Gilbert L Meier, Salt Lake Citv. has Mrs. Tarbet keeps Norweigian embroidery art of hardanger alive in Logan. Note its intricacy. attended the Lmversity Ltah He was a member the tieshman football team To cook pork For best results, cook bacon and pork sausage m a skillet over a low to medium fire, recommends Ellen Edwards, home economist. Use your hand as a thermostat and determine the temperature using the counting system If you can hoid your hand over the heat for three to four seconds, the fire is ready acter. Work is done on fabric (usually linen) in which the warp and woof threads are of the same thickness and equidistant from each other. When cut, empty spaces will form a square. Stitches are worked on and by courting threads In some ways, the embroidery resembles cut stitched openwork, locally called mtwork. Mrs. Beeny thicks rolled stitch crochet is most difficult to perfect. She entered her doily in fair. Hardanger designs are geometrical. There ave been modifications of late. Patterns are formed almost entirely of fairly elaborate openwork. Sometimes the fabric forms the motifs. Secondary motifs are done m close or raise embroidery Cluny Crochet y :i 4.XX;; ; k i-- i X : Clunv lace is traced back to 16th Century. Mrs. Veda Andreason enters cluny crochet at state fair. ' Slaters, Mrs. Veda Andreason, Midvale, and Mrs Rhea Beeny, Sandy, are two of the few who enter work in the category of cluny (crochet) centerpiece. For the past two decades, both women have been doing crochet in various types, cluny, rolled stitch, fdet, regular and trimmings At their homes, both have cedar chests and drawers full of buffet and dresser sets, tablescarves, bedspreads, cloths, luncheon sets, doilies, etc. They have given many articles away. Both hove taken many nbbons at county and state fairs. 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