Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-07

ion can be obtained for small outlay.
CRAvAT CASE.
The cravat case, pretty present 10!
| gentleman, may be made of silk, satin
| or plush, or OF the cheap but effective
blue denim so much used just now.
| Cut piece of plush about fifteen
| inches long and twelve wide. Decorate
| one-half of it with the word "Cravats'
| outlined in silver cord or with any other
ornamental design you may choose.
| Cut the quilted satin lining one inch
smaller all around than the plush, and
| turn in and haste down the edges of both.
| Lay two bands Of ribbon diagonally
| across the lining, turning the ends un-
| der.
Sprinkle sachet powder between the
| lining and the plush and sew them to-
| gether, the plush coming a little beyond
the lining on all sides.
The bands Of ribbon may be decorated
according to the fancy of the maker-in-
itisls, perhaps, on one, and the date or
"Merry Christmas on the other
| Youth g Companion.
! CARD BASKET.
A beautiful card basket may be made
of fiat basket of fancy weaving painted
| white and touched up with gold. A
lining Of pale blue silk was shirred IN
| side, and a wide blue ribbon was passed
under the basket aud brought up over
| the handle aud made into full bow at
| the center. \ small, round japanese
basket, having comparatively small
opening at the top, can be utilized for
various purposes and ornamented in
several ways. A glass tumbler fitting
| closely inside of one makes pretty ask
| receiver, match receiver or burnt match
receptacle. A frill of lace can be
sewed inside before the tumbler is in
serted and then turned out and allowed to
fall over the edge. Small, fluffy silk
tassels attached to the scollops Of the
lace make handsome finish. Strips of
ribbon OF different colors folded TO make
| one loop, and an end can be tackled
around the inside and allowed to fail
over the edge. The ends should be
| turned in Il point, and tipped with
metal crescent or full silk tassel.
These same baskets make pretty hair
pin receivers by filing them with curled
hair and covering the open With fluffy
| top knitted or crocheted of some pretty
worsted. Ribbons can be attached to
| opposite sides for suspendIng them If de-
| sired.
] HEAD REST.
Head rests on a chair, the back of
| which is high enough to rest ones head
| against, are both ornamental and useful.
| They may consist of two cushions similar
| in shape, anu held together by two or
| three bows Of ribbon, or with row of
| small metal rings covered with silk i'll
short crochet attached at equal distances
| OIL one side OF each cushion and narrow
| ribbon laced across from one TO the
other, or there may be but one cushion,
| tied directly to the chair but two rib
bons. These cushions may be oblong,
| crescent, bag or bolster shaped, as one
prefers. Odds and ends of worsted may
be utilized either to knit or crochet
| bolster shaped one, and cord and tassels-
| may ornament the ends and secure II in
| place on the chair. But figured China
silk is by far the handsomest material,
| when used without embroidery of any
kind.
MOUCHOIR CASE.
The melon moucholr case is change
from the fiat, square ones SO long in
| use. Six pieces of satin ribbon, eighteen
inches IN length and about three inches
wide, in alternating colors, are neatly
stitched together lergthwise, sloping to
| q point at each end as i'll the cut. a
! fiat Inning of cotton wadding filed with
new "peau d'Espagns lis fastened
around the edges, where one seam is left
| open at the upper side. and pocket of
soft silk is then put in. The ends are
drawn closely and fastened with full
| bows of satin ribbon. Any number OF
| dainty cambria handkerchiefs can be
tucked away in the heart Of this little
| role. Pale buff and lavender, or pink
| and blue, olive green and light blue are
| delicate com binatIons of color in the rib
bons. In making bows it is always
better to tie the loops rather than to cut
the ribbons into short bits.
PRETTY BAGS.
Bags still retain their popularity. and
almost any material, from cotton sateen
to plush, can be employed in their con-
struction. Plush or satin bags hung on
| the corner of pictures are nice to keep
| photos in, cretonne bag on the knob of
| the sitting room door OF any other handy
| place is nice to slip crocheting or
any other small unfinished work into
| when obliged to leave it. = largs linen
| laundry bag in closet is family neces-
sty, and last. but not least, are the
| shoe and stocking bags on the bedroom
| door or just inside the closet if the bed
room is provided with one.
! \ PEACOCK PANEL.
| One yard of pink satin and one-eight
yard of garnet plush. About two inches
from the bottom, place the band of
| plush, line with stiff material. Fasten
| to brass banner rod, and finish the
bottom with balls. In the center place q
bunch of peacock feathers, tied with q
| large pink satin bow.
| ODD THROW.
very odd throw for the corner OF
| picture. Get yard of real large rope,
fifteen inches from each end fasten it
securely by tying coarse thread around
| it, then bronze it all and raYel out the
| ends up to where each one is fastened
| (this leaves six inches in the middle uu-
rayeledl then put bow of ribbon on it
and hang it up.