Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-08-21
Inoxpensiye pretty Things.

inexpensive Pretty Things.
lmsde q pretty scarf for q WICKER chair
out Of yard sni q haif OF cream-colored
bunting that had once been part Of dress
sash. I cut ~ the desired width and then
he msiiieh,d IL all aroaud, having The hem
an inch and half In width. Ga one end
I smbroldsr.d pinks In shaded red crew.
els, with their leaves and stems In green.
The ends were nal.hei with tsssels OF olive
and green ervw,ls.
Ou, OF an old bufs, cover OF linen, I
made pretty nspkins for the cake basket
and bread plate. fringed them en- Inch
and . half In width. In each corner drew
DOT threads and hems,itched them In
.qasr,s, then embroidered fruits In the
eeutsr.. An embroidered initial would al
so be pretty iot the center.
A pretty bon for collars was made from
an old olive rough straw bat. The hat
VAS tipped 81 Art, and the straw scaled Ia
strsight.u Il, and then II Vas reserves In
the desired shspe. Tue cover Vas made
from The crown OF the Ia, which vas tied
10 the box With qu,r,sf'ineh satin riooon'
of yellow. green shsds. The edge OF The
straw was touched Mp With ototIe paint.
ant on the cover va. fastened bunch OF
cherries ami leaves uitn from last years
hat
Du., b.gs are useful, sispsaving con.
tfi,sness ths, are DON qalts fashionable.
They are 10 be hung on the bach of . chair
OF In any cOnveuisnt place In the library
dining room, OF sitting room, aud bold 40
old sllk hsndsfohlsf for dustsr, 10 be used
when IN, due, gather. during the day siisF
N. mOfnius'. work has teen dsne. Fret
" da,, bag. may be made from ef,,onnr,
The nsur,s outlined With unsel. aud row
OF bfouIs OF copper eic osrts sew,d on
The bottom OF The bag. Ribbon OF cord ~
. contrasting color should b used Tot
drawing strings. EASTERN sisTkh
Hsck,nssck,
Aprs,iy shaving eN,i Two pieces Of
pastsboard about twelve BY i've inches or
.. large a. you Wish. A pee, OF LOOKING
sl... Which should be si least slx inches
by four. Ny p.stsbosfd VI. abou, Two
inchs. blsg,r than The glass oil around.
fss,su The paste boards With . piece OF
cloth a. tablets are b. ubd. To this cloth
f.stsn leave. 10 ~ipe the f,tDf on. Cut
hole In the trout board about bali an ineh
smaller than the glass oil around. Cover
IL With 9Th OF velvet, p.dding IL 10 the
uroug eide glue the 4 iass and also paste
piece OF s,fVrg cloth over the back OF ihs
rla... Fof . shaving mug cover. ists
rouui boz larger than TIE mug. or any
Mace Of p.s,sbosri. M,k. IL someshsi
cous .h,p.d Cover ~ilh sheet ~sdilpg.
baton. hole The bottom for shirt. shspe .
piece for head plnehlnE 40 DIT II maze
nose, r,d yarn for . mOoih. bssds for eyes
Maze bonnet sui circular % The sans ms'
tsriai.-Dsm., Aftssisn, D.t.
Il, me tell 700 bow TO make 9 pretty
,idy. M,ss sffsme of pieces OF wood .
LILLE larger u,n Jour tidy. sni PAT In
email nails ous Zach apart al sfOurd The
frame. Then Ass NJ. 10 90 !? I~ine aid
cfo.. ffom top 10 bottom ol ffsms DE OF
sll tlms., f.,istitg Ou the nslls. Thsu
70, the t~ins ,efOs- from eide To eide,
thsn from one corner 10 smother, aud then
acto.. Nom ths other corner - opposite
eorrsr. tai ng ous thfssi D. 90 The last time
Now ristsps needle With t-ins. spd us
With t~o tuO,s In ,v,fy place the ihtt,i
crosses. not btvaking "a ihe bfvad. Ih'
side 90 which you wOfk IL The wfous eide
-Rrhrccl
had an oil .ofs b.sts, i,xli aud foui
Inches dep; I made VI 20 for u OF foar ham
boo csn.s. cio,,ins them In The middle
fastening nfmJ ~iih wire AMI ornament
! Ing nth b0s OF plns fibbon. Ansf 10
tbs The bukst with white dotted ing.llt
over pink esmbriC. aud adding deep ufi'
Of the muslin. edged viih VslsnoisL Inc
lace, 90 The outer sies. fs.isn.d ~ &C
euf,ly 20 The c,us. with wire. Auo,hsi
cane va. cot 10 two sud ussi ~ hep N
, other. from ,pi,siir ~ Mas. A i. IL
VIZ. sP'itgnsid. q
2 Thi.ls . pretty ~sy - m,ls uii's
Ta1ss pisc. 81 cas,s. cloth about sitis,i
, itshe. vide ,nd onshslf yard lotg
Msts az iuch wiie BEN. aui 10 each cor
. n.f work come pr,,iy d,,lsu 10 ooilir'
.utch Nth rod working cotton. ssk-
l,tss loop In tie center sol tie ~lth r,s
ribhon. 90 tie In . single bow knVt -
CtuuE
Toral,mp mat Crochet Cat mat %
.hAi'd gf,,u phyf, little larger tat
the sifs 90 tie lamp Then With TO tuls
,ing ns.il,s tblt strip dagger wids, so'
long enough 10 20 .tvuni The fOundsIiOn
In pisln s.fi.r .tlich Dtmpsn this .ifil
Thoroughly aud then pfcss dry b'ts'ei
tuo cloths CLIP both edges ,lopg IN
whole length aud fAv,l from both sliss Y
within bali at zach % he center, ihsu .e'
,fosnd The dsr ~ The iOands,iou.-CoS
Hsrsi.s tidy pattern Tee wooded
needle, sud kuii,ltg cotton, whsteysr slI
,ou prtfsr Cast on les stitches, and kti
aefo.. plain. gnd row narrow TINES
.,hr,si ovst orcs, Init 1, 'sigtt tms.
narrow slsht, and 80 on until ther. ars on
ly slght stitches len, which narrow fOu
iimss. then Init acrOss plain three times
thcn narrow and raise STITCHES a. before =
Miss Tracy.
Please allow me 10 tell the sisters no,
To arrange their samples OF Knitted an
eroehs,sd lace. Maize book ten ineht
.qa.re, With covers OF brown linen an
leaves OF bl.ck esmbrie. ca the eos'r
II smbfOlisr an outline design. Pink N
sigss Of the leaves, and fsstcn them lot
The cover with narrow ribbon. Sew You
! samples 90 the black leaves, aud you hss
. them where you will always know wher
10 dad them "A REipSR
q With hemp twine. work q rug In lopl
p row. Of single crochet, back sni forth
!. tskiug up Only the back loops Instead o
both loops Then cai some red nsuu,l II
strips and weave them In basket fsshlol
. seross the ends. fiui-h With . thick knoi
7 ted fringe. stretch oui smooth aud rul
The uudsr eide With nour paste. whlci
when dry. will Cause ,h. rug To ~. .,fslgh
4 ard smooth on the roor.-Mrs. ii. knx
! ctr. Col.
. Maize cray srochsted squares, al
: colors, no two slike. having the last rov
!, OF each square oiblack. The whole afghai
y can be made ~ squares sewed together, o.
make two strips, four squsres wide an'
4 thirteen Ions. sud Din with three cfoehe,eC
strips OF plain or shaded Germantown
, Save every bit OF yarn . fagsr long 10 pa
|. In The fringe. A lap Of zephyr IL half Al
ounce. -SErriE BiRKTrT, winneosgo, III
Ia croshe,ing skirt for . Girl Of i've
}. I make . chain that will lie loosely over al
= her clothes, then &C twice across Tor
}, foundation, then dc every time until have
!, two fngers aud half In length. i wider
!, thrte or four stitches every tins across
Then fai.h With she or craIy stitch Al