AMERICAN 
April, 1911 
HOMES AND GARDENS 
A border of Japanese effect 
the designs themselves are worked in short darning stitch 
parallel with the woof threads. 
A very beautiful table runner consists of a dragon-fly de- 
sign. The upper and lower border lines are darned in a bril- 
liant blue floss interspersed with uneven threads of green. 
The legs of the insect are worked in green and the body in 
art stitch in both blue and green. The eyes and wings are 
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Block printing is an important adjunct to 
decorative darning 
both composed of threads of green with a little blue intro- 
duced. The veinings of the wings are blue and green floss run 
alternately, with touches of old rose darned in the lower 
spaces of the lower part of the wing. The mixture of old 
rose, blue, and green, gives the effect of old Persian embroid- 
ery, and the sparkle given by the showing of the ground 
work through the uneven spaces left by the threads is won- 
derfully effective. Such a border has an almost jewel-like 
Brown homespun linen is darned with 
brown; the design is conventional 
and effective 
A working bag 
A cover for a stand, with a darned 
border 
Ivory Java canvas darned with three 
shades of delft blue 
A border of jewel-like effect 
effect and is significant of the exquisite coloring used in 
darning craft. 
When the design does not run right across the end, a 
very effective treatment is to outline the whole runner or 
sideboard cloth with hemstitch an inch and a-half at the 
sides and at least three inches wide at the ends. The design 
would look well with an upward growth of conventionalized 
Table cloth with a decorative center fora 
small stand 
flowers and a few running lines to support it below, and 
tulips; poinsettis, crabapples, or water lilies are all suitable. 
Pure white is very effective on a creamy ground. Some 
people prefer white to using colors for table use. The 
round table center is always popular and lends itself to 
darning; the edge may be finished with a hand-made lace, or 
a tiny rolled hem on the upper side of the material, which 
is known as a peasant roll. 
An original treatment of darning. The 
loops are allowed to appear on 
the surface 
