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The latest fashion in doylies for
meat dishes is to have a design of un
cooked vegetables worked in filoselle or
crewels in the natural colors.
Scrap-baskets are now in the shape
of vases with one or two bandies, and
the favorite decoration is by means of
a handsome bow, a bunch of flowers, or
a group of tiny birds.
The latest quilt for a baby’s bod is
made of triangular pieces of colored
silks joined together by feather-stitch
embroidery in gold-colored filoselle. It
Is lined throughout with white sateen.
Plush-covered frames are decorated
with small beads of tiny brass-headed
nails, or by painting a spray of apple or
orange blossoms in one of the upper
corners and a bird upon the correspond
ing one at the bottom.
In England arrasene has lost its pop
ularity, while here, on the contrary, it
is the most fashionable of all embroid
ery materials. Table covers and por
tiere borders are there worked In scroll
patterns In raised work. A preference
is given to geometrical and arabesque
designs.
Bureau covers are now made [ln
crash, a design of leaves and dowers
being generally worked lu linen fl >ss.
They can be washed, and on this ac
count have much to recommend them
The work is usually solid, and they are
finished off by an insertion of draw
work and fringe.
The newest design for colored table
cloths is one of birds on the wing.
They are worked in filoselles In raised
stitch, the eyes being represented by
Iridescent beads. In one recently im
ported from Kensington owls are in
two corners and swallows in flight in
the corresponding ones.
