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Show Myreschka Eflufbroidery Sixteenth in a Series of Lessons on Needlework Itew'siaiCSCT f 'ft a long time this kind of (KaJpe5w? ri'-rdlework-and It 13 really hemsiitchlns h as been raJl STw'J Ubf''l 1" southern Russia frSv!a-ja3rj aod the name "Myrcschka" hag been applied to It. It io thn we., of the Russian MooJIcks who do 'his bcqutiful work and .wlih It make many odd and Interesting things. In Russia Uin work is begun, that is. the hemstitching is l4 done there, faanloncd (3jiiilfJHifi;iLKijliS5 on cloths, scarfs. WTfMMg dresses, pillow lops tfej'-ljniySl and the like. Thm ifeff 5SpTffpUf p these articles nr' Effi'H n r i Jfi ItS pent to Belgium and s-;iHjsi France and there the I 1 final flricr and mon- j j : (fj artistic touches nroM added. Tho corners g f " f R of the hemstitched te- I j fird scarfs are daintily . I embroidered or sheer 9 T "fcgrS'y' lace edges and Inser- g&rj.-; i -J1 lions arc worKod 3-p" -iln'ljjjli'tltrji upon lunch clot hi?. g"th--r3tSj3l-j curtains, blouses. j jj Jresscn. &c. jj.jjfs"!" (Mrcschka cmbrold- er) has been popular In many countries nf Europe and found a icady sale in the fine, shops In Paris. Workers of many nationalities all try their hand at it. but each one showa her own national characteristics char-acteristics In her work. It is very easy to fashion and goes very quickly, but American visitors In Russia are surprised at the speed with which the Moojlck women work and the small sum they lccche as tho price of ihclr labor. Almost any kind of material may be used, tho threads of which It Is possible to pull, such as coarse or Cine linen, scrim, lawn, batlato. silk. &c. Colors ns well as while may be employed in work o'f this Jlowcver. before pulling the threads lj sure of the position of the design. If the- jj material bo coarse pull three threads, uhile If fine pull five. In order not to pull tho thread the whole length of tha cloth, as when pulling Tor henistitcalng. , lift with a pin the threads to bo pallod , and cut them off at tho correct placa -with a pair of sharp sciwors. As in Figure 1 pull the necessary number num-ber of threads, skip two and pull the fame number of threads again until tha design In this figure Is completed. The outline oj the design may be buttonholed or overcast as well as the crocs bars. j In the four squares at the centre a sort j o spider web Is madf by darnlnr ths j thread over and under the cro3s bars la each square bordering on the four cen- j trnl squares make one cross stitch ai In j Figure 2. j For the corners of the design In tills fipiire a simple long stitch Is used. Each 1 har must be the length of tho side of square in the central design and each bar m.i't be tarlcd In the centre of lhc pr?.-rerjmg pr?.-rerjmg one to form il".- o.Jd -s,f,P design M resebka embroldervis j1 blllty and it may be jJStpB used on articles tha t demand wearas wctlg iccnth of a seriej of jTTJjrjg work contributed iuJJ whose work Is not r j'u'JBT for its autistic beauty lOljJy answer any nucstlons-W n , ,i and give any Information that our Interested Inter-ested reader-" may ask for or dcalr through the Woman's Page |