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 765 NEEDLEWORK HOVEIL DESICHS FOR D'OYLEYS The housekeeper will find in dessert d'oyleys an opportunity for artistic expression. Coloured embroidery is eminently suitable if the pattern is designed to match the dessert plates For ordinary everyday use in the house, CrosS'Stitch is most useful. When worked in blue or red ingrain cotton, moreover. It washes extremely well The Japanese feeling is emphasised by the prunus spray. Dark grey embroidery silk forms the frame, pale grey the spider's web, brown the stems, and pale pink the peach blossoms There are so many oelievers in luck charms tnat the lucky spider is an eminently suitable emblem for the skill of the embroiderer. The bridge'playing guest will appreciate it The pattern on this d'oyley is designed for use with the brass finger-bowls, which are so practical, being non-breakable. No pattern in the centre is needed when thj bowl is opaque Finely-executed hem-stitching always makes a satisfactory edging for d'oyleys of muslin or nainsook. Pale gold wheat ears and insects in natural colouring complete the design