St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-06

Pretty tides are easily made out of
dotted Swiss muslin, such as have the
dots large and far apart. Embroider
the dots over with yellow silk making
them centers of daisies. The petals
are easily marked ont and embrOider-
ed with crewels, worsted, or silk. Hem
the edges of the tidy, and finish off
with some pretty white lace. A tidy
for the back of a lounge is made of n
long strip of linen scrim, embroidered
here and there with a purple thistle.
Loop 1t up in the center with bow of
ribbon of the colors used in the EN-
broidery.
A shade for round lamp globe is
made of ribbon three or four inches
wide. A piece is needed Just long
enough to fit easily around the globe
after 1t is joined. The upper end of
the ribbon is gathered slightly, to
make it conform in shape to the globe.
The lower edge is finished off with IA
border of fine antique lace; and in the
lower edge of the lace may be tied tiny
sill ~ "apples." To make this very
daTBIy, the middle of the ribbon should
he embroidered with delicate vine
and flowers. An altogether novel
lamp-shade, and one more for orna-
ment than utility, is easily and quick
ly made of fine gilt cord very loosely
crocheted, and the lower edge heavily
weighted with small gilt balls.
For any one desiring to undertake a
big piece of work, the following hints
for silk bcd-spread may not come
amiss. Make the blocks from ten to
twelve inches square. The background
of each block should be similar; there
should not he one background light
and another dark, and still another of
me ium tint. Each block should
bear the resemblance, in silk, of fan
of the Japanese shape, which should
be put on diagonally, and almost as
large in size as the square will accom-
mOdate. Let the embroidery, such as
is usual on the larger pieces of silk in
ii crazy-quilt, he confined solely to
embellishing the fans. Half yard of
new brown silk will be ample to use in
Stimulating handles. When the quilt is
finished aud lined, the "tacking" should
be done at the corners of the squares,
and at the points where the handles
are supposed to join the fans. This
spot, on each square, should have Il
square of narrow ribbon placed upon
it. The effect of this quilt is very
pleasing.
A racquet cover will he welcome
gift to a lover of tennis. 1t needs very
little ingenuity 10 fit it. 1t should be
made of felt, and may have the pros
pective owners initials or monogram
embroidered on it, or may simply he
bound with braid.
a beveled board about eight by
eleven inches may he smoothly cover
ed with plush, upon which Il spray of
flowers in arrasene has been worked
a small thermometer, which may be
purchased for this purpose at II store
where materials for fancy work are
sold, can easily be attached at some
suitable place.
Plush for opera glasses will be found
most convenient, and great improve
ment on the usual ones of leather or
velEet. The bottom of the case is
shaked like that of the usual leather
cas Around the edge of this strip
of p1hh is put on, from six to eight
inenes wide, according to the size of the
glasses they are to hold. Excepting
that the bottom is of heavy pasteboard,
plush-covered, and of the shape sng-
geSted, the case is made like an ordi-
nary bag, and drawn up about an inch
from the top, with two silk cords
which serve as handles. The bag
should he lined with chamois skin, ex-
cepting around the top, where it
should he lined with silk or satin.
ANY one who is drft at knitting can
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of pair of winter mitts. These are,
i'll shape and size, precisely like those
worn in summer. Make them long
enough to come well over the wrist.
They will be found very comfortable
to draw on over kid gloves, and will
leave the fingers free to handle coins,
if necessary. Wrstlets are unneces-
sary when these are worn. They are
especially pretty made out of knitting
silk; but they also may be made of
fine yarn. Uucky is the girl who can
carry this hint to some loving grand
mOtherD
Umbrella cases are quite new and
pretty. They are made like very long
and narrow wall pockets. On Il piece
of goods seven and half by thirty
eight inches are fastened two long
''pockets" thirty inches in length, into
which the umbrellas can be slipped.
These cases are usually made of heavy,
stiff linen, and lined with buckram
The 'pockets" are in the shape of two
large "hutes," and the outer edges
bound with braid. The part of the
back-piece which would appear Just
behind the umbrella handles may he
embroidered. A loop at each upper
corner, to hang it by, completes it.
Mantel-mats can, in a great measure,
take the place of lambrequins and
they have additional merit of being
readily transferred from one mantel to
another without any rcfitting whatev-
er. A very pretty pair is made of felt,
each mat about eighteen by twenty
one inches. They are put on the man.
tel lengthwise, and only the front edg-
es which hang over are embroidered.
The decoration of the edges may be as
simple or elaborate as one chooses. A
row of silk pendants should be used as
a finish. A pair of these on mantel
will so nearly cover it as to make a
lambreQuin unnecessary. Dark golden
brown plu h embroidered in arrasene
with wild roses in ribbon work would
make an especially handsome pair
There are few things more beloved
by the good house wife than fine linen.
A half dozen or more of large table
napkins, with an embroidered initial
or monogram in the corner of each,
would, l am sure, make a welcome
gift.
To those who have the making of a
sofa pillow III prospect, the following
idea may prove serviceable. Make il
in the shape of a large bag, with a
broad ribbon around the neck, the
ribbon defining the ''pillow" part from
the end which will flare open. This
shonld be lined with a handsome fab
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