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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1934

The Woman's Page

Inquest Of New Ideas For Embroidery English Stitches And Japanese Designs

Applique In Picture

Picture Effect

Women interested in 'embroi dery are always seeking new ideas for this fascinating form of needlework. A study of the advance examples of finished, work displayed for the coming winter season will yield abun dant inspiration.

London.

tractiveness of these

needlecraft

pictures, and lessens the time spent! in stitchery. One of the advantages of this type of embroidery is that it ia an effective and yet so quickly done.

Applique la also used for vivid Isplashes in colour in flower sub- jects, for the blue vase in a group The revival of interest in Japan- of golden marigolds, or in a flower se art is responsible for a fresh here and there, if the flowers are type of embroidery which is com-large enough to treat in this way. ing into vogue. in which English The gayest.of flowers are a fea-! stitches and materials are used in ture of Venetian work, another a light and charming way in flows phase of needlework which will at- silks on a gold or silver crinkled tract many women this winter.) rayon fabric. The

embroidery Here the art of cutting out flower achieves the "crackle" look which is shapes taken the place of fancy so fashionable in parchment and stitchery to a large extent, Petals pottery handicraft work at the pre-and leaves of brightly coloured, soft sent time. The designs are purely felt cloth are posed in designs on Japanese, pagodas, trees laden with a canvas linen in natural colouring. cherry blossom, ornate little bridges,| smooth blue lakes and fleecy clouds,

Applique Work

introduced in decoratively flowing This is act applique work, since lines, and with, of course, Japanese the flowers have to be made up be figures.

fore they are sewn on to the canvas, This style of embroidery is being The main idea is to keep them as used for whole "sets" for both at as possible, and to achieve a personal use, in the way of lingerie striking and harmonious arrange- sachets, and for table

ment in the colouring of the super-) runners,

imposed petals. The effect is dia- Jehoval sets, cushions, and many

other articles in the realm of home. tinctly modern, and the floral sprays decoration. Pastel coloured silks and groups can be used to decorate are used, and the finished appear-many articles in home decoration, Replaces Imitation Fur ance is so light and delicate that including sachets, boxes; and this work is harmonious in almost cushions, and the ever useful tea.

VELVET FOR THE SEASON

London. Spangles of brown glitter pleas-

any setting.

Modernist Aspect

13 ingly on black lame afternoon or In its modernist aspect for im- 17 cinema dresses. A coppery metal portant embroideries, wall pictures, 19thread is often woven in the fabric. (panels, and screens, large or small, Lame and fabric woven effects are designs based on colour prints of

sharing popularity with the metal ok Japanese paintings on silk woven velvets.

could be well adopted by the artistic |

Many of these prints are essen.

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It certainly is a velvet season, woman. and velvets are delightfully varied.

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Some stamped effects remind one of tlally modern in spirit and colour- | Victorian plushes; these make rich-ing, despite their antiquity, and the looking suits. The figured and linea are wonderfully decorative,| metal woven velvets will largely whether the subject be a single take the place of the imitation fur-figure or landscape.

cluth of a season or só ago.

As an example there is a print of

& picture by a seventeenth century! artist of "Nakatsukasa," a famous anclent poetess. This is a kneeling

figure, with two-thirds of the back-

cogy,

HIGH COLLAR FOR MINK CAPE

Attractive White Ermine Ties

London.

A lovely cape of mink has 8 high collar which frames the face. like the cup of a flower, the fur of the cape itself being arranged in diagonal lines.

again

The "tuck" mounting is fused in the treatment of the Bus- sian sable which forms the border

of a luxury cape of white ermine. The cleverly erossed collar is also of sable.

For the woman who is in need of ja smaller for wrap to wear with her tailormade suit, there are especial- ly attractive white ermine tles

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WOOL AND TWEED STITCHERY

A "Fly-Away" Affair

FOR

a practical decoration. For scarves, berets and handbags, the fabric itself is often inserted with a contrasting colour and design, with open work trellis effects to mark the shaping.

finished with natural black talls for ground in a beautiful shade of red Embroidered linens are showing as low a price as nine guineas. If Arms that are too thin above the gold, with a deep rich green and a more colourful tendency; al she can go a little higher there are OR the early autumn, wool and elbow can be rounded by massaging ivory coloured foreground.

though the colouring is usually of even luxurious two-akin ties of dark The

tweed stitchery, and all drawn!- | thom dally with warmed olive oil graceful robe in soft red and pale the pale pastel order. Pale rose natural Russian sable, at prices-wool and plaited fantastes in cloth, (almond oil is just as good if you jade blue and green has touches of and pale jade linen guest towelsjunder the between-season regime dislike the smell of the former) gold; and the sash, in a lighter tone have ends embroidered in constrast-lasting only a fortnight longer- form and by this simple exercise. of ivory than the foreground, again ing tones. Trolley sets of two tray starting at twenty-one guineos.

Stand straight, feet apart and with its emblems in gold, gives a cloths and serviettes are treated in steady, then swing hte arm round decorative and absolutely modern the same way. There is a good and round, first forward a few look to this design.

deal of open work embroidery, the VIA SIBERIA Letters and post-times, then backward, tautening, It would be "at home" in the lighter Madeira and Richelieu work eards for Europe and South America then loosening, the muscles in the most severe of modernist settings, being used for luncheon sets, the are forwarded "vis Siberla" if soar with each swing.

and the beauty of colour and line stitchery done in a deeper tone than superscribed.

Many smaller berets in tweed, would be always a joy to the the linen, or even in colour, blue or

Sleeves are still an important show this open-work craze, and are beholder.

gold.

fashion point in any garment, but woim with the further decoration In the lesser world of artistic! Afternoon tea cloths are decorain size they have considerably dim-of a light chenille-spotted well, a ntherwise stated, and where malls are shown in the schedules exhibited at embroidery the amall advertised to close at or before & am the General Post Office and Kowloon which give so much pleasure in embroidery is lavished on them. ly of knife pleating, or joined in "fly-away" affair, that is a bold

pictures tive nowadays, and a good deal of inished. They can be made entire registered and parcel mats are closed Office. All letters etc., must be mark their working are now appliqued as This may be raised or multi-colour-from at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

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Post Office. Unless well as worked in cross stitch. ed silk work in natural or conven-shoulder. Thirdly, they can be set Attractive effects can be attained Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam via superscribed for despatch by a speci-The well-known "Santa Maria" has tional floral designs, or bordered in in with the yoke; looking fairly by all this altchery and fine hand- Singapore Saigon-Marsellles vis Bat- air mail service, correspondence the sall ciphers in crimson linen or a lace like open work embroidery, straight round the top of the arm braiding in fabric, Darning.. and gon. Correspondence for Europe and will be forwarded by the first service silk, in cottage garden scenes the in which buttonholed "tles" have an while they ruckle up attractively at hern-stitching in wool is now as Intermediate countries will be ao-available. cepted for transmission by these Ber-

thatch is put on in bright brown Important part in the background the elbow. A real puff sleeve is important as almilar trimming used vices.

linen. This touch adds to the at- of the design.

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