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[Illustration:  524.—­Corner Border in Guipure d’Art.]

524 and 525.—­Corner Borders in Guipure d’Art.

Materials:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 2 for couvrettes, No. 8 for pillow-cases, No. 16 for lace edgings.

These corner borders are suitable for pillow-cases or small couvrettes; the stitches worked on these patterns are linen stitch, darning stitch, point de Bruxelles, and wheels.  The edge is formed by button-hole stitches.  The netting is cut away after these are worked.

[Illustration:  525.—­Corner Border in Guipure d’Art.]

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526.—­Strip of Insertion in Guipure d’Art.

Material:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 8.

This strip of insertion is 8 stitches wide, and is worked in zigzag lines of point de feston, with a border of point d’esprit and point de toile; a four-point star occupies the centre of the triangle left by the zigzag line.  This pattern is so easy to work that it hardly needs description, the only part requiring care being the squares of point de feston; these are begun in the centre, and the thread should be drawn rather tightly so as to form a good square.

[Illustration:  526.—­Pattern for a strip of Insertion in Guipure d’Art.]

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527.—­Small Square.

Materials:  Frame; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 4, 6, or 8 for the netting, and No. 16 for the pattern.

[Illustration:  527.—­Small Square.]

Work over a mesh measuring 2-1/10 inch round the foundation of each square, which has seven stitches in length, and as many in breadth.  It is embroidered in darning stitch, and point d’esprit, and wheels.  The outer edge is worked round in button-hole stitch.  Larger squares are worked in the same manner, only a few rows larger in length and breadth.  The squares are fastened together with a few stitches, and sewn on the pincushion or any article they are intended to ornament.

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528.—­Insertion in Guipure d’Art.

Materials:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 8, or 16 for very fine work.

This strip of insertion is very pretty, and can be used for all kinds of lingeries.  The size of the material depends, of course, on the use to be made of the insertion.  The guipure pattern is worked in linen stitch and point d’esprit, the raised leaves in darning stitch.  The edges are worked round with button-hole stitches.

[Illustration:  528.—­Insertion in Guipure d’Art.]

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529.—­Rosette in Guipure d’Art.

[Illustration:  529.—­Rosette in Guipure d’Art.]

Material:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 6.