. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. st will be of practicalhelp. Table Cloth.—Acloth for covering the ta-ble before the dishes areplaced for the meal. Lunch Cloth.—Acloth especially designedfor luncheons, either fam-ily luncheons or thosegiven to a number offriends. The lunch clothsare usually not as large asthe ordinary table cloth, and are decorated with needlework in the cornersor around the borders. Where an evening entertainment, such as a cardparty, is given, refreshments are generally served on small tables, at whichnot more than four people are seated; in such cases the lunch cloths
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. st will be of practicalhelp. Table Cloth.—Acloth for covering the ta-ble before the dishes areplaced for the meal. Lunch Cloth.—Acloth especially designedfor luncheons, either fam-ily luncheons or thosegiven to a number offriends. The lunch clothsare usually not as large asthe ordinary table cloth, and are decorated with needlework in the cornersor around the borders. Where an evening entertainment, such as a cardparty, is given, refreshments are generally served on small tables, at whichnot more than four people are seated; in such cases the lunch cloths aresmaller, being not over a yard square, and the needlework is so placed asto appear upon the top of the table. Our illustration shows section of alunch cloth made of plain satin damask and embroidered with conventionaldesign. The ribbon portion of the pattern is one and a half inches wide,worked with simple darning stitch. See figure 6i. The edges of ribbonare then outlined. The flowers are worked in solid Kensington stitch, in. LUNCH CLOTH. FIG. 6l. ART OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. 75 pure white, with a tiny French knot of pale yellow in the center of ribbon is worked with pale lily green. Royal floss is used to work thisdesign, which is repeated on each of the four corners. Napkin.—A square of linen cloth used attable for wiping the mouth and fingers. The sizesof napkins vary, dinner napkins generally beinglarger than those used for breakfast or tea. Thedecoration on napkins usually consists of theinitial or monogram of the owner, worked withwhite embroidery cotton or linen in the corner orcenter. These initials are generally worked withsatin stitch, though open spaces can be mosteffectively filled with dot stitch or open eylet-holes. Doyley.
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