The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-01-09
VARIOUS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

small fancy basket you 1lke; crochet
| a mat just the size of the bottom of the /
basket, inside, which you must sew in
| neatly. Trim the edge OF the basket
with bows of ribbon the color OF the mat,
or with chenille cord. AS companion |
to the jewelry basket, fill one just like it
with curled hair, crochet covering of
| worsted like that used for the mat in
the other; trim the edge and handle of
the same with bows or ribbon or che I
mile cord, and use for hairpin basket. |
Make mats the same color to set them |
on. = ai ~ ss.el |5-f'55EfeI
! SHAVING CASES. Take quarter of a
sheet of silvered perforated cardboard;
/ cut off round at the bottom, running up
to point at the top-cornerwise, you
| know; bind around with worsted braid
of any color you choose scarlet is the
prettiest. Then box-plait enough OF the
braid to 60 around, catching together
by one edge (not in the middle OF the
brady, and sew just under the edge OF
the binding. Cut back the same size,
of plain cardboard, and pierce two holes
through each; put ribbon through
to hang up by. Fill with any kind of
paper. We generally use colored tissue,
red, blue, pink, green, etc, but | be-
lieve it is not considered as good for
wiping razor as newspaper. -a5a =
| CRAZY CUsHIONs.-Buy a square of
embroidery canvas. Give it to your
circle Of friends, asking them to pass it
around, each one working what she
pleases and where she pleases. When
it comes back to you, you will think it
a !" crazy cushion, indeed. Fill it in
with some dark color that will bring the
figures out to the best advantage. 1t is
well enough to tell your. friends what
color you intend to fill in with, as they
can then use colors that will not clash
with it. If you are as fortunate as |
have been, and get nothing in that is
/ upgainly in proportion, homely in eol-'
ors, or badly worked, you are to be con-
graduated. When filled in, put back
Of some heavy wooden goods, and finish
. with large cord. 4ft4.5s.
+ COLLAR BoxEs.-Beg box, if you
can; if not, make one of pasteboard,
six inches across and four and half
! high, with the cover on, Cut piece
} of perforated cardboard round just the
size of the cover. Then work on it q
! bunch of roses, cherries, violets, pam
sizes, or simple pattern, or decorate it
= with embossed pictures, and mucilage
n it upon the cover. Put strip of the
. same colored cardboard around the
!. edge of the cover, and finish both edges
+ with box plated worsted braid. Take
4 strip of cardboard long enough to go
! around the box and lap enough to fas-
# ten, and wide enough to cover it when
# the cover is on. Work the word "CoL-
, LARsn across the front, and mucilage
/ upon the box. Finish with about
N three embossed pictures across
e the back and box-plaited braid
10 around the bottom edge. Put the covel
Id on, and the box is done, unless yor
r. wish for something more elaborate. i
ID so, line the cover with very thin silk
ne uffed in, and sew into it puff OF cot
ne ton batting, scented with perfume pow
th der, that you can obtain of a druggis
It. all prepared; put the perfume between
ed the silk lining and the cover. Then lin
he the box in the same way. Use silk tn
N color of the worsted employed in work
If ing the outside, and worsted braid tn
,;s same color. The collar and cuff boxe
tn should be made of the same color if the
he are to 60 together. " 49,
e. CRocHETED JACKETs.--It takes fou
n ounces, or rather skeins, of what is wit
to us called jacket yarn, to crochet con
d. mon-sized jacket without sleeves. US
rd brown for the jacket and scarlet for th
he border, or chinchilla for the jacket an
en- blue for the border; and the long cr'
he chet stitch is the quickest way. ShaE
lbs oy basque, knitting the back, then tt
;en two fronts, and crochet them togeth'
7as on the shoulders and under the arm
we Put on border of shell stitch, and tt
me same around the arm-holes. Lea
1t places for button holes as you croche
RS line with strip of cambria and wol
err with yarn. In crocheting the front
ce. make the bases by widening; that
the make stitch from loop, shaping
ing the biases in the basque.
sor Floor MAT.-Take for the found
J OF ton three-fourths of yard OF brow
in cambria, or scarlet flannel, or the be
htG end Of an old sheet. Make " buttons
as we call them, of any old, thick clot
|. ~ by cutting the largest one two inch
across, round of course; the second sii
,os ,es one and half inches across; the sma
n, D., est, one inch. Have great contrast
,tos y the color. If the large Q
W. W. is black, have the second OF
-. y and the small one blue. If the lar
ps f;rs one is drab, have the second one bla
and the small one scarlet. Sew tn
upon the foundation, one in the cent
ills, six around it, twelve around that, Il
lrs. twenty flour, and 80 on. When
own foundation is covered. line with old b
t is ticking, if you haEs~it, or old calico
Fell an old sheet-indeed, with any tn
the you happen to have on hand. III
are bind around, and the mat is done.
may be surprised to find it si1-si
mes