It is the best of all
stitches for the pretty outline designs, resembling etchings, now so
fashionable for working with colored marking-cotton on handker-
chiefs, table-napkins, and many other articles destined to form an
intimate acquaintance with the wash-tub. These designs have no
filling in, all that is worked being the outlines together with such
lines as, in a pen and ink drawing, would be put in to mark the folds
of drapery and so forth. Any one can copy a little outline picture
on the white goods where it is to be worked, by placing the ^oods
over the picture (holding against the window-pane, if necessary) and
marking the lines with a lead-p'encil ; then all you have to do is to
follow the pencil marks with your Kensington outline. A line of
this stitching looks on the right side like a small, twisted cord, and
on the wrong side appears as a row of ordinary, plain hand-stitching.
By this description many ladies will recognize Kensington outline
stitch as only a new name for their old friend " stem " or " cord "
stitch. It is extremely effective on even the most ordinary ma-
terials.
A bag for soiled clothes may be made of Macrame lace, lined with
silk, satin, or wool goods. The lace extends only two-thirds of the
length of the bag, and is finished with a ruche of satin ribbon. The
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bottom is completed by a handsome bow of ribbon and tassel made
of the thread used for the Macrame lace. Draw up the bag at the
top with silk cord and tassels the shade of the lining. Very pretty
bags are also made of blue and white ticking, the blue stripes covered
with black braid feather-stitched with colored wool, and the white
stripes embroidered with bright-hued wools in as great a variety of
fancy stitches as the maker's skill can compass. A plainer style,
much liked by many persons who wish to have such articles fre-
quently washed, is made of stout brown linen, trimmed with rows
of scarlet braid, three-quarters of an inch wide, feather-stitched with
black wool. These rows are placed an inch apart and may be
arranged in regular order, covering the bag to half or three-fourths
of its depth, or in three groups of four rows each, one at the bottom,
one in the centre, and one at the top of the bag, just below the
drawing-string, which should be of scarlet braid in place of cord and
tassels.
When sewing buttons on children's clothes where there will be
much strain on the button, the danger of tearing the cloth out will
be greatly lessened by putting a small button directly under the
larger outside button. This applies, of course, only to buttons with
holes through them.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
It is the best of all stitches for the pretty outline designs, resembling etchings, now so fashionable for working with colored marking-cotton on handkerchiefs, table-napkins, and many other articles destined to form an intimate acquaintance with the wash-tub. These designs have no filling in, all that is worked being the outlines together with such lines as, in a pen and ink drawing, would be put in to mark the folds of drapery and so forth. Any one can copy a little outline picture on the white goods where it is to be worked, by placing the goods over the picture (holding against the window-pane, if necessary) and marking the lines with a lead-pencil ; then all you have to do is to follow the pencil marks with your Kensington outline. A line of this stitching looks on the right side like a small, twisted cord, and on the wrong side appears as a row of ordinary, plain hand-stitching. By this description many ladies will recognize Kensington outline stitch as only a new name for their old friend " stem " or " cord " stitch. It is extremely effective on even the most ordinary materials.
A bag for soiled clothes may be made of Macrame lace, lined with silk, satin, or wool goods. The lace extends only two-thirds of the length of the bag, and is finished with a ruche of satin ribbon. The
bottom is completed by a handsome bow of ribbon and tassel made of the thread used for the Macrame lace. Draw up the bag at the top with silk cord and tassels the shade of the lining. Very pretty bags are also made of blue and white ticking, the blue stripes covered with black braid feather-stitched with colored wool, and the white stripes embroidered with bright-hued wools in as great a variety of fancy stitches as the maker's skill can compass. A plainer style, much liked by many persons who wish to have such articles frequently washed, is made of stout brown linen, trimmed with rows of scarlet braid, three-quarters of an inch wide, feather-stitched with black wool. These rows are placed an inch apart and may be arranged in regular order, covering the bag to half or three-fourths of its depth, or in three groups of four rows each, one at the bottom, one in the centre, and one at the top of the bag, just below the drawing-string, which should be of scarlet braid in place of cord and tassels.
When sewing buttons on children's clothes where there will be much strain on the button, the danger of tearing the cloth out will be greatly lessened by putting a small button directly under the larger outside button. This applies, of course, only to buttons with holes through them.