Or this : A simple foot-rest cover is made by taking a strip of the
worsted and silk goods in gay stripes ; on each side of this a band of
black velvet, feather-stitched with gold silk, and on each edge of this a
band of bright cherry plush.
KNIFE AND FORK CASE.
Wash leather and flannel or cashmere are the materials. For the
inside, cut a piece of wash leather twenty inches wide and twenty-four
inches long, shaped at one end with the corners cut off ; then cut a
similar piece in cashmere or flannel and ornament with a cross-stitch
border all round ; bind the leather and cashmere together with a nar-
row ribbon. Sew a strip of embroidery down the center of the inside,
stitching it across at intervals to form loops through which to pass the
knives, etc. The two pieces fold over the sides, and the case is fastened
with a strap and button.
LAUNDRY PINCUSHIONS.
A laundry pincushion can be made by taking silk or satin and hav-
ing printed on it a laundry list. Give a complete list for the room as
well as personal wear, and this will save the trouble of ever writing out
a list. After writing a list of the articles, as collars for the first line,
have the numbers from one to twelve printed on the first line and after
that ditto the numbers all the way down, print the numbers in columns,
and if the owner has one collar in wash, put a pin under No. i ; if five,
a pin under No. 5. This cushion is made square, very full, quite
large and the underside of the same material as the top ; if a pleating
of wide satin ribbon is used for the edge the lining will not show ; but
prettier yet is a twisted cord of chenille around the edge with tassels of
the same at the corners.
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LAMBREQUIN POINTS AND VALANCES.
Take the length around your bracket of broadcloth or other heavy
material and cut either in one long point to the center or several
lambrequin points ; it the former, arrange a bunch of flowers in the
center, with sprays reaching each way. Buy the small applique figures
(which come by the dozen), and leaves, making the vine of embroid-
ery silk ; also, many of the leaves of the clouded silk. Then sew on, not
around the edge, but by barring the flowers with the gayest kind of
silk, the greatest contrast often making the prettiest effect. The flowers
can often be cut and put together differently.
This is also a pretty one : Take scarlet velveteen and cut in points,
the largest in the center, gradually making smaller toward the ends.
In each point place an oak leaf of black velvet, grading them in size
according to the points ; vein the leaves with gold colored embroidery
silk and button hole stitch them on with black, as it gives a pasted on-
look to use the gold color round the edges. Make tassels of black and
scarlet chenille with a few threads of gold silk for each point. All
points are ornamented with a great many small, full tassels that look
almost like inverted fans and harmonize perfectly with the embroidered
fans among which they are interspersed. A beautiful lambrequin in
olive and turquoise blue has two rows of these tassels and three of
wrought fans, artfully arranged in a Japanese pattern. Another,
intended for a bracket, is of strainer cloth worked in peacock feathers
and fringed with linen and worsted.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Or this : A simple foot-rest cover is made by taking a strip of the worsted and silk goods in gay stripes ; on each side of this a band of black velvet, feather-stitched with gold silk, and on each edge of this a band of bright cherry plush.
KNIFE AND FORK CASE.
Wash leather and flannel or cashmere are the materials. For the inside, cut a piece of wash leather twenty inches wide and twenty-four inches long, shaped at one end with the corners cut off ; then cut a similar piece in cashmere or flannel and ornament with a cross-stitch border all round ; bind the leather and cashmere together with a narrow ribbon. Sew a strip of embroidery down the center of the inside, stitching it across at intervals to form loops through which to pass the knives, etc. The two pieces fold over the sides, and the case is fastened with a strap and button.
LAUNDRY PINCUSHIONS.
A laundry pincushion can be made by taking silk or satin and having printed on it a laundry list. Give a complete list for the room as well as personal wear, and this will save the trouble of ever writing out a list. After writing a list of the articles, as collars for the first line, have the numbers from one to twelve printed on the first line and after that ditto the numbers all the way down, print the numbers in columns, and if the owner has one collar in wash, put a pin under No. i ; if five, a pin under No. 5. This cushion is made square, very full, quite large and the underside of the same material as the top ; if a pleating of wide satin ribbon is used for the edge the lining will not show ; but prettier yet is a twisted cord of chenille around the edge with tassels of the same at the corners.
LAMBREQUIN POINTS AND VALANCES.
Take the length around your bracket of broadcloth or other heavy material and cut either in one long point to the center or several lambrequin points ; it the former, arrange a bunch of flowers in the center, with sprays reaching each way. Buy the small applique figures (which come by the dozen), and leaves, making the vine of embroidery silk ; also, many of the leaves of the clouded silk. Then sew on, not around the edge, but by barring the flowers with the gayest kind of silk, the greatest contrast often making the prettiest effect. The flowers can often be cut and put together differently.
This is also a pretty one : Take scarlet velveteen and cut in points, the largest in the center, gradually making smaller toward the ends. In each point place an oak leaf of black velvet, grading them in size according to the points ; vein the leaves with gold colored embroidery silk and button hole stitch them on with black, as it gives a pasted onlook to use the gold color round the edges. Make tassels of black and scarlet chenille with a few threads of gold silk for each point. All points are ornamented with a great many small, full tassels that look almost like inverted fans and harmonize perfectly with the embroidered fans among which they are interspersed. A beautiful lambrequin in olive and turquoise blue has two rows of these tassels and three of wrought fans, artfully arranged in a Japanese pattern. Another, intended for a bracket, is of strainer cloth worked in peacock feathers and fringed with linen and worsted.