The Art of Modern Lace Making Part 7

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 31.--Bow-Knot Design for Modern Lace.]

No. 32.

PRINCESS LACE DOILY DESIGN.

The design here ill.u.s.trated may be enlarged or simplified to please individual taste, and it may be made of Honiton braid as well as point.

The connecting st.i.tches may be point de Bruxelles, Raleigh and Sorrento bars, "spiders" or any of the fine st.i.tches described and ill.u.s.trated in the department devoted to st.i.tches. A dainty picot braid follows the outer edge of the doily. This design, enlarged sufficiently, would form an elegant pattern for a lace handkerchief.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 32.--Princess Lace Doily Design.]

No. 33.

ALTAR LACE (BATTENBURG).

This very elegant specimen of altar lace is, in reality, about nine or ten inches deep; but, for want of s.p.a.ce the engraving represents it as only about half as wide. The design, however, is perfect in detail, and the ill.u.s.tration fully displays its effectiveness, and discloses the variety of connecting and filling-in st.i.tches used. A delicate Battenburg braid is chosen for the foundation, and in addition to regular lace st.i.tches, those from drawn work are here and there interspersed. The cross is filled in in point de Venise, (or side st.i.tch as it is sometimes called), and the same st.i.tch is seen in the central design at each side of the cross. Drawn-work effects are seen also in these central figures and along the borders. Sorrento bars are here made and knotted at the center like drawn strands, or are connected by rosettes or "spiders" made in drawn-work style. At the center of the cross is a large drawn-work wheel, while small Maltese crosses and half-crosses are made elsewhere in the work by the drawn-work method, Sorrento bars taking the place of the usual strands. The central section of the border at the right of the cross is done in point de Bruxelles which is afterward b.u.t.ton-holed as in bar-work, and a b.u.t.ton-hole picot edge follows the lower outlines of the pattern. Raleigh bars with picots form the connecting ground-work throughout the work. This beautiful specimen shows two distinct methods of filling in the sections between the crosses. Either may be used alone, or the two may be used alternately with the crosses.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 33.--Altar Lace (Battenburg.)]

No. 34.

BATTENBURG OR POINT LACE COLLAR AND CUFF.

These engravings represent a very graceful design for a lace collar and cuffs. As suggested in the t.i.tle, the set may be made of point or Battenburg braid. The leaf-points are all filled in with d'Alencon bars in the twisted st.i.tch, while the centers are completed with rosettes or small open "spiders," and the latter are distributed elsewhere as will be seen by inspecting the engraving. Point de Grecque is also introduced into some of the s.p.a.ces, and Raleigh bars are used for the ground-work.

Any of the st.i.tches previously described may be used in making such a collar if those mentioned are not admired; and the addition of b.u.t.tons or rings will improve the work greatly.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 34.--Battenburg or Point Lace Collar and Cuff.]

No. 35.

FLOUNCE IN BATTENBURG LACE.

A very elegant flounce of Battenburg lace may be made after the design represented on the opposite page. The picture shows the flounce just one-half its actual width; but even this width would be very handsome as a band for the bottom of a dress. By a close inspection of the st.i.tches seen and a reference to these ill.u.s.trated in the department devoted to st.i.tches, the various kinds here used may be easily identified. They consist of point de Venise, point de Bruxelles, Sorrento and d'Alencon bars and "spiders." A fine picot braid edges each side of the flounce. The design can be obtained in any width desired from a reliable lace-maker.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 35.--Flounce in Battenburg Lace (One-Half the Actual Width).]

No. 36.

b.u.t.tERFLY DESIGN FOR POINT LACE.

This design is for point lace braid, and is very easily made. Fancy bars made after an adaptation from the d'Alencon bars, and point de Venise st.i.tches are used for filling in. The b.u.t.terfly may be used as a portion of an edging design, or as a corner or center for any small article to be decorated. The lines extending from the head are made with a fine over-and-over st.i.tch, or a fine cord.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 36.--b.u.t.terfly Design for Point Lace.]

No. 37.

VENETIAN POINT LACE.

This is a design containing many of the features of antique lace patterns, and is made of narrow tape and fine cord combined with fancy st.i.tches. The lace from which the engraving is made is about twice as wide as the picture represents it, but as the pattern differs in its sections for several inches at a time, the design could not be given full size. It will be seen that in the section ill.u.s.trated no two figures are alike. The filling-in st.i.tches consist of combinations and groupings of many of the st.i.tches previously ill.u.s.trated and described.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 37.--Venetian Point Lace.]

No. 38.

b.u.t.tERFLY DESIGN FOR FINE BATTENBURG LACE.

This design, developed in Battenburg lace with d'Alencon and Sorrento bars and small "spiders" or dots, makes a pretty ornament for centers or corners, or is effective when introduced as a part of an edging design.

Point or Honiton braids may also be made up by this design.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 38.--b.u.t.terfly Design for fine Battenburg Lace.]

No. 39.

DESIGN FOR INSERTION.

A very pretty design for insertion is here given. The braid may be basted as seen in the picture, and then the bars may be made of single threads, and of single threads over-wrought with b.u.t.ton-hole st.i.tches.

Or, any of the bars or other st.i.tches described, may be used to connect the braid and fill in the s.p.a.ces. Tiny "spiders" are already used to fill in the circles.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 39.--Design for Insertion.]

No. 40.

DESIGN FOR A LACE BORDER AND CORNER.

A great deal must be left to the ingenuity of the worker in filling in this design, which is not of the orthodox modern variety but may be readily transformed into that cla.s.s by an adaptation of modern st.i.tches.

With the methods of the latter well mastered, the worker will have no trouble in bringing out the design just as it is ill.u.s.trated; but she may also by the exercise of a little judgment and taste subst.i.tute many other pretty filling-in st.i.tches for those here pictured.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 40.--Design for a Lace Border and Corner.]

No. 41.

DESIGN FOR A b.u.t.tERFLY IN POINT LACE.

Another b.u.t.terfly design is here given for point lace, though it may also be developed in a larger size in Battenburg braid for decorative purposes. The filling-in st.i.tches are d'Alencon and Raleigh bars, point de Venise and point de Bruxelles, and point d'Angleterre rosettes.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 41.--Design for a b.u.t.terfly in Point Lace.]

No. 42.