This is a very handsome one : Make the center of a rich crimson-
colored cloth ; trim with a border of old-gold-colored silk damask eight
inches wide ; embroider a vine of flowers and leaves in point russe and
tent stitch with pale red silk in two shades and with gold thread. For
the center of the flowers sew on gold cord and dark red filling silk, with
split silk of the same color. Cover the seam, made by setting on the
border, with old-gold-colored silk braid, worked on with rows of tent
stitch in dark red silk. A cheaper cover can be made by using a center
of double-faced cotton flannel, a center of olive and a border of red,
with worsted braid stitched on with yellow silk to hide the seams. Fin-
ish with wool fringe or a cord and tassels.
A nice way to use up odds and ends in table covers is to cut them
into a square form, turn the edges down all round and hide the stitches
with fine Russian braid — either white, black or yellow. Then place
them diamond-wise on the cloth, that is with a point at the top. Ar-
range the colors with ease, lapping one over the other, and the effect
is good. Another way is to cut out several into the semblance of small
hearts ; put them over cardboard, first tacking the scraps on, then but-
ton-holing the edge with yellow filoselle. When several different col-
ored ones are ready, arrange them on the border in groups of three ;
fasten and make a chain stitch from each up to a point, as if each were
hanging from a string ; and last of all, at the point of the three strings
sew on a little bow, the same color as the chain stitching, and you have
tiny bunches of hearts hanging from a bow. These of different colors,
at equal distances, are quaint and pretty.
There is a new work, which consists of scraps of all kinds being
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appliqued on serge and ornamented with colored silks, in imitation of
Eastern work. Stars, circles, and all other sorts of shapes are brought
into use. If the pieces of cloth are large enough, cut them in squares,
and work a flower in crewels on silk in each. Cloth cut out in the form
of ordinary leaves, ivy or vine leaves, appliqued on with long, showy
stitches in colored silks, veined with silks and laid on a bright-colored
ground, has a pretty effect.
A pretty fringe for felt or broadcloth covers, is made by taking the
same cloth, or a contrasting color (same material), six inches deep, and
basting or sewing it on the wrong side with invisible stitches. Then
take sharp scissors and slash it into almost invisible strips to the depth
of six inches ; according to the size of spread have the depth of the
fringe— and you will have a double row of handsome heavy fringe, and
with but little expense. Above this work a vine of flowers in crewel
embroidery or feather-stitch on a band of plush or velvet, with con-
trasting silks, or a flowered strip of cretonne. Corners of plush, five
or six in a corner, of contrasting colors, feather-stitched with silk, are
also pretty.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
This is a very handsome one : Make the center of a rich crimsoncolored cloth ; trim with a border of old-gold-colored silk damask eight inches wide ; embroider a vine of flowers and leaves in point russe and tent stitch with pale red silk in two shades and with gold thread. For the center of the flowers sew on gold cord and dark red filling silk, with split silk of the same color. Cover the seam, made by setting on the border, with old-gold-colored silk braid, worked on with rows of tent stitch in dark red silk. A cheaper cover can be made by using a center of double-faced cotton flannel, a center of olive and a border of red, with worsted braid stitched on with yellow silk to hide the seams. Finish with wool fringe or a cord and tassels.
A nice way to use up odds and ends in table covers is to cut them into a square form, turn the edges down all round and hide the stitches with fine Russian braid — either white, black or yellow. Then place them diamond-wise on the cloth, that is with a point at the top. Arrange the colors with ease, lapping one over the other, and the effect is good. Another way is to cut out several into the semblance of small hearts ; put them over cardboard, first tacking the scraps on, then button-holing the edge with yellow filoselle. When several different colored ones are ready, arrange them on the border in groups of three ; fasten and make a chain stitch from each up to a point, as if each were hanging from a string ; and last of all, at the point of the three strings sew on a little bow, the same color as the chain stitching, and you have tiny bunches of hearts hanging from a bow. These of different colors, at equal distances, are quaint and pretty.
There is a new work, which consists of scraps of all kinds being
appliqued on serge and ornamented with colored silks, in imitation of Eastern work. Stars, circles, and all other sorts of shapes are brought into use. If the pieces of cloth are large enough, cut them in squares, and work a flower in crewels on silk in each. Cloth cut out in the form of ordinary leaves, ivy or vine leaves, appliqued on with long, showy stitches in colored silks, veined with silks and laid on a bright-colored ground, has a pretty effect.
A pretty fringe for felt or broadcloth covers, is made by taking the same cloth, or a contrasting color (same material), six inches deep, and basting or sewing it on the wrong side with invisible stitches. Then take sharp scissors and slash it into almost invisible strips to the depth of six inches ; according to the size of spread have the depth of the fringe— and you will have a double row of handsome heavy fringe, and with but little expense. Above this work a vine of flowers in crewel embroidery or feather-stitch on a band of plush or velvet, with contrasting silks, or a flowered strip of cretonne. Corners of plush, five or six in a corner, of contrasting colors, feather-stitched with silk, are also pretty.
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