. Art crafts for amateurs . n theFinnish Court, the background was composed of variouscoloured silks, so cut out as to give the effect of water, hills. NEEDLEWORK. and sky. Upon this a tree, the mountain ash with berries,was appliqued and worked, and the effect of the whole wasboth original and artistic. In a screen, too, at the WomansExhibition, worked byFrau Helen Reutsch,great originality wasshown. The flower wasthe larkspur, or delphi-nium, no easy one torender, but by massingthe racemes of flowers,and simplifying them sothat they could be ap-pliqued in lumps, theeffect was striking. Theap
. Art crafts for amateurs . n theFinnish Court, the background was composed of variouscoloured silks, so cut out as to give the effect of water, hills. NEEDLEWORK. and sky. Upon this a tree, the mountain ash with berries,was appliqued and worked, and the effect of the whole wasboth original and artistic. In a screen, too, at the WomansExhibition, worked byFrau Helen Reutsch,great originality wasshown. The flower wasthe larkspur, or delphi-nium, no easy one torender, but by massingthe racemes of flowers,and simplifying them sothat they could be ap-pliqued in lumps, theeffect was striking. Theapplique followed theoutline, but individualflowers were not worked,as it would only haveproduced a confusedjumble. The leaves wereappliqued, and by havingthe background of dif-ferent coloured bluesgoing into greens, andworking grasses over theleaves of the larkspur,the design lost andfound itself in the most delightful fashion. All , . „ . ,„ , No. 133.—Interlacing Stnp Workthe resources of the Border of Keltic igo ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. needleworkers art were called into play., and the resultwas as original as it was delightful. The cutting up ofthe background greatly helped the effect, as it gave a certainmystery to the whole which touched the imagination.
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