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[Illustration:  570.—­Square in Guipure d’Art.]

570.—­Square in Guipure d’Art.

Materials:  Netted square of 26 stitches; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s
Mecklenburg thread No. 12.

This pattern is worked in point d’esprit, edged with an outline of point de reprise.  This outline may be worked in close button-hole stitch.  Point de toile is used for the groundwork, upon which point de reprise is worked.

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571 and 572.—­Work Case in Guipure d’Art.

Materials:  Blue satin; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread
No. 16; blue silk cord.

[Illustration:  571.—­Work Case in Guipure d’Art (Back).]

This little work-case, of darned netting and blue satin, is five inches and four-fifths long, four inches wide, and is fastened with a loop and button.  The back, front, side, and the flap are worked all in one piece.  The netting is worked with white thread No. 12, over a mesh measuring at least two-fifths of an inch round.  For the flap the netting must be slanted off on both sides; this is done either by decreasings, or by cutting off the corners of the work.  The latter is then darned in linen stitch, darning stitch, and point d’esprit, from No. 572, which shows the front of the case, and from No. 571, which shows the back.  The netting is then lined with blue satin, and sewn together at the sides with button-hole stitches on the right side.  The flap is edged with button-hole stitch; sew on a small button, and make a small loop to correspond.  The case is edged all round with blue silk cord.

[Illustration:  572.—­Work Case in Guipure d’Art (Front).]

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573.—­Banner Screen in Guipure d’Art.

Materials:  Netting; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread
No. 12; carved oak stand; glace silk; cords; tassels.

Banner-screens are used in two ways, either suspended from the mantelpiece or mounted as shown in illustration No. 573.  The banner is 23 inches long, 19 inches wide, lined with coloured glace silk, and edged with a lace border of guipure d’art.  The design for the banner is given in page 554.  Work the netting for the groundwork over a larger or smaller mesh, according to the size you wish it to be.  The pattern is worked in point d’esprit, point de reprise, and point de toile.  When the pattern is completed, line the banner with coloured silk, edge with a gathered border of guipure d’art, finish with coloured silk cords and tassels.  The banner may be finished off in close button-hole stitch, instead of adding the lace border.

[Illustration:  573.—­Banner Screen in Guipure d’Art.]

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[Illustration:  575.—­Border in Guipure d’Art.]

575.—­Border in Guipure d’Art.