Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
FOR CHRISTMAS.

4 pretty pin cushion is made of three
satin or lace bags. fringed at the top. and
filled with wool or bran we'll dried Each
bag should be of different color, but the
hues should harmonic. Tie the bags ut
the neck with narrow ribbon. and fasten
them in an upright position. leaning to-
gether, with strong silk. \ little sachet
powder mixed with the wool or bran is a
pleasant addition; if you cannot get
Sachet powder, buy five cents worth of
powdered orris root at the drugstore and
use instead.
"My grandmOther's needlebook" is
made in this fashion: Take piece of
morocco (bronze is the best, but red or
dark green is pretty about two and one
half inches WIDE and five inches long
Il plain, oblong piece, and round one end.
Fit Il piece of silk or ribbon the same
width exactly to the morocco. and bind
the edge all around neatly with ribbon
half an inch in width. Cut four or five
pieces of flannel Just the width of the
morocco, and wind them into roll.
Cover each end with piece of silk or
velvet of the same shade as the lining to
the needle-book, letting it come half an
inch or more over each end. Wind the
straight end of the morocco once about
this roll, and fasten it neatly. Cut two
pieces of soft. fine flannel little narrow
er than the width of the morocco, and
Observation-Disclosures the edge of each, fast
cning them in next to the roll. Take a
piece of silk like the lining, half as wide
again As the width of the necdle-book,
hem one end half an inch wide, run Il
shir and draw it up with narrow silk
braid to the width of the neede-book.
and stitch it in next to the leaves for Il
pocket. Sew a half yard of narrow, blue
ribbon on the rounded end, to tie the
necdle-book when rolled.
The Household gave directions for
making daisy tidy" about year ago.
But AS we have many new readers since
then, and PROBABLY some of the old ones
have forgotten, we make no apology for
reproducing them, as the tidy is really
very pretty. Cut out of stiff white mater
rial forty-one pieces the size of Il silver
half-dOllar. Cover these with serpentine
braid, beginning on the outer edge, and
sewing each point down until near the
centre. Make IA tuft of yellow worsted
and faSten in the centre of each. Make
four squares of nine inches each, catching
lightly one or two points of each daisy.
Make a cross of two pieces of red ribbon,
each piece two inches wide and thirteen
inches long. Hem the ends to point.
FaSten daisy on each point of ribbon.
and one in the centre. Now fasten one
of the squares of nine daisies in each of
the corners, which will make your tidy
nearly square, though each point of rib
bon should extend out Il little further
than the daisies.
The small girls, and those not so small
either, can make laundry bag AS a gift
to the mother or a big sister, to hold
soiled cuffs and collars and handkerchiefs.
1t should be made like Il bag, with one
side longer than the other to form lap
to come over the top upon the front, and
linen or silesia, in any desired color, can
be used.
\ woman at the washtub, or with arms
akimbo standing beside tub, or hang
ing out clothes with a basket at her side,
are appropriate designs, to be etched in
ink pr done i'm u nsinntnn stitch Mich
igan Farmer.