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Show II j ! I ''' ' ,; Move! Embroidery r ' Lessons in Punch Work and the Sand Stitch I! R Third In n Scrlcn ot Lessons liy n Tlclclnn Artlntc I JK liti yJiJBgfl OW that our readers have 11 aj3fl5i doubtless profited by the jji f( Bcavir'l preceding lessons on eyelet j; I SM nnd solld embro,der' 11 may j P bc" tbat thcy bo lntcr" 1 .-to'-mB cstC(j m continuing their cf- V forts along this lino, and to-day thcy aro j going to learn something about two other k j very interesting types, what arc known i to tho French as brodcrlo sableo and bro- t dcrle ajourc. t! Mo languages Is more expressive than S I the French," each word tells a story, &; S and a fine example of -hls is tho term f; ! 'fl r- 1 brodcrlo sablcc. IM , Z ik. A which means cmoroi- $ mm dcry sprinkled with , 1 T- j& sand tho stitch for i ' I $? which, wc shall brlcf- 0 ,' ti1 ly call sand stitch. . M ft And when ono etudlcs ' m " . the first Illustration ,; 4 onc 800 can plainly .1 M Bec 'ie aPPW'Patc- i y M$& nesa ot the name, if 7- ftv uir This typo of cm- 1 i Br broidery is meant to bc used In comblna- 'j I t,on wlln cither the - " eyelet or tho solld ii ' ' embr oldory and S 1 never Is It used alono L , I And In cltlier of these 'j i . B comb I n-tt-1 i o n s it 'J ; I. ' nroves most effec- f Not the least difficult is It to do. After L ' th design Is stamped upon good quality I1 i ' linen, outline each .petal with tho running 1 ' stitch. Then, in "the caao of the leaf, I I i, fill In one half of tho leaf with solld em-broidery em-broidery and for the other half use the j ! s sand stitch, aa in tho illustration. I.'i , This 13 nothing more or less than the I 't i familiar old darning stitch. These stitches I; ' mupt bo neither too short nor too long, li I and very straight and even, and not, too j; ' far apart. When one row has been com- I ( , , ploted tho worker must turn and begin ! I upon tho second row and In this tho Hi ( ' stitches must be directly opposite the II1 empty spaces In the first row and of cx- B1 ; cctly tho samo size as the spaces. (And II tho spaces, by the way, must be Just I tho length of the atltches or the results I; ! will not be at all satisfactory.) I . " For tho flowcr3. the petals should be I ' done In solid embroidery and tho .centre of the flower should bq filled in with the sand stitch. Onc Important point to remember re-member Is to make the sand stitches follow fol-low the outllno of tho petal or tho leaf or tho centre In which thcy arc being employed. em-ployed. If tho linen on which one Is working is very heavy the centre and petal may be filled Jn with Frcncv knots Instead of with the sand stitch, but these nearly all women know how to mako, so a lesson on them docs not seem necessary. neces-sary. , Brodcrlo sablce I3 often U3cd In making monograms. Brodcrlo njouree, or pierced embroidery. Is even more beautiful than broderle sa blcc and. like It, never appears alono, but always In combination with tho solid or tho eyelet type. ' Tho petals of f!owcr3 may bo solid and the ccntro filled In with this pierced embroidery. em-broidery. One must outllno the centre as usual and then within this ccntro pull out three threads, then skipping three threads pull out three threads more. Then turn and pull threads from tho opposite way, forming little squares. This process pro-cess must be continued until the centre hnS been covered. Then employing vcrvi fine -otton the thrco threads arc laid down and whipped over with tiny stitches until thcy Uke on the appearance of a flno cord. Treat each scries of three stitches In this same way. .-The flower of tho scc- 1 and Illustration clcar- i lyshows the finished SRjCjg In fashioning the (BfffHg leaves, the design 'nay bc varled a bit ijfjfe. hy the following way. f fVBrT ,utcr 1110 pInts of I J&2&tr rn0 Icaf have been SmfmS? onc m solid work to teA TBffjlK 'he desired depth, a V. '(hj.i leflnlle centre de- X& st) -Idcd upon and out- Mr llncd- w,thin this 'enlre tho three -hrcads need only to alternately pulled n one direction and then finished In the I ame way (by being I ' I overcast) as were "hose In tho centre of tho flower. But when the threads arc pulled to form the littlo squares the of-fect of-fect Is moro striking. |