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Show NEEDLEWORK NOTES. Hooks and eyes have a disagreeable habit of dropping off at the most inopportune in-opportune moments. If.h owever, they are sewed on with buttonhole stitch instoad of the over and over stitch you will find that they will last much longer. A bride who takes the greatest pride In her linens has a rather odd pillowcase. She took a runner of pillow pil-low tubing the exact width of the bed and this she embroidered in a charming charm-ing design with the monogram in the center. Both pillows are placed In this case during daytime hours. Darning on huckaback is easily done and is excellent when one wants work that Is relaxing. If the material is pressed on the wrong side over a pad before starting the work the blunt edge will slip with even greater ease under the little squares. Sometimes tho design itself is darned, the darn- ; ing stitches running across the mate- j 1 lill. The nightgowns of the present time are so elaborate and so charmingly dainty that they needs must have a case for themselves. Take a piece of linen and fold it in envelope shape. The size is regulated according to taste. The flap of the case Is scalloped scal-loped and a design of flower or a conventional con-ventional design is embroidered on it. A touch of color can be introduced by lining the case in any pastel shade. |