Irish guipure laces, four or six inches deep, with square points, make
very pretty lambrequins, or shelf covers/if lined with silesia or silk. Get
linen thread and tie a heavy fringe in each point. The linen can be
purchased at the places where it is sold for macrame lace making, and
the effect is nearly as pretty as the linen lace mentioned.
Satin is also used as valances for mantels, with the cretonne figures
pasted on smoothly, though if the stems are outlined with split zephyr
and the edges closely button-holed with silk, it gives the effect of solid
embroidery. Many of the new fringes are only put on a band of velvet
or plush, and put straight around the mantels. Soft gray and blue
sateen is very pretty and harmonizes with many home-furnishings bet-
ter than black.
NOVELTIES.
Embroidered Traveling Bag. — Work on Java worsted canvas with
embroidery silk. Upon one side initials; the other side any suitable
pattern. They can be made up at any trunk establishment.
Umbrella Case. — Of gray canvas embroidered with split black filo-
selle ; straps of pale fawn colored leather and steel buckles to fasten
together.
72 FANCY WORK.
Chair Pillow, or Bolster.— They are hung on the top of a large chair
by a cord, and form a pleasant support for the head. The covering is
usually knitted. The required size is about sixteen inches long and
sixteen inches wide. First make your bolster cover, and stuff in any
way you choose. Knit a cover in any fancy stitch, in shaded wool ;
gather the ends and make up round ; put tassels of the shaded wool,
with cord, on each end.
Shaving Cases. — Cut in the shape of a good sized shield four pieces
of card board, cover two with silk on one side and two with velvet ;
embroider the upper sides with a vine in gold cord and colored
flosses. Cut out a monogram of velvet, fasten the edge down with
gold cord, lay on and sew over and over with yellow floss. Put a
velvet and silk shield together, overhand around and finish with gold
cord. Cut and pink, colored tissue paper and fasten in with ribbon,
drawn through ; make ends one-quarter of a yard and tie to hang up by.
Blotters. — Made of a piece of crash or velvet with a design of pansies
or forget-me-nots worked in crewels, lined with thin silk, bound, with
blotting paper fastened inside by means of an elastic cord, are very neat.
Knitting Pin Sheath. — Take two oak galls, pierce a hole through
each, making it large enough to hold the points of four pins ; through
these holes pass a white silk elastic measuring about six inches, fasten
at each end under a bow of ribbon and tie another ribbon bow in the
center.
Napkin Rings. — Take a piece of canvas the size of an ordinary nap-
kin ring, work with beads or worsted in bright colors the pattern you
prefer, then line with silk-covered cardboard and bind the edges with
bright ribbons of a color matching the embroidery. One end of the
canvas is cut in points or scallops, and, when rolled up and sewed
tightly, overlaps the other. Initials may be worked on these napkin
rings.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Irish guipure laces, four or six inches deep, with square points, make very pretty lambrequins, or shelf covers/if lined with silesia or silk. Get linen thread and tie a heavy fringe in each point. The linen can be purchased at the places where it is sold for macrame lace making, and the effect is nearly as pretty as the linen lace mentioned.
Satin is also used as valances for mantels, with the cretonne figures pasted on smoothly, though if the stems are outlined with split zephyr and the edges closely button-holed with silk, it gives the effect of solid embroidery. Many of the new fringes are only put on a band of velvet or plush, and put straight around the mantels. Soft gray and blue sateen is very pretty and harmonizes with many home-furnishings better than black.
Embroidered Traveling Bag. — Work on Java worsted canvas with embroidery silk. Upon one side initials; the other side any suitable pattern. They can be made up at any trunk establishment.
Umbrella Case. — Of gray canvas embroidered with split black filoselle ; straps of pale fawn colored leather and steel buckles to fasten together.
Chair Pillow, or Bolster.— They are hung on the top of a large chair by a cord, and form a pleasant support for the head. The covering is usually knitted. The required size is about sixteen inches long and sixteen inches wide. First make your bolster cover, and stuff in any way you choose. Knit a cover in any fancy stitch, in shaded wool ; gather the ends and make up round ; put tassels of the shaded wool, with cord, on each end.
Shaving Cases. — Cut in the shape of a good sized shield four pieces of card board, cover two with silk on one side and two with velvet ; embroider the upper sides with a vine in gold cord and colored flosses. Cut out a monogram of velvet, fasten the edge down with gold cord, lay on and sew over and over with yellow floss. Put a velvet and silk shield together, overhand around and finish with gold cord. Cut and pink, colored tissue paper and fasten in with ribbon, drawn through ; make ends one-quarter of a yard and tie to hang up by.
Blotters. — Made of a piece of crash or velvet with a design of pansies or forget-me-nots worked in crewels, lined with thin silk, bound, with blotting paper fastened inside by means of an elastic cord, are very neat.
Knitting Pin Sheath. — Take two oak galls, pierce a hole through each, making it large enough to hold the points of four pins ; through these holes pass a white silk elastic measuring about six inches, fasten at each end under a bow of ribbon and tie another ribbon bow in the center.
Napkin Rings. — Take a piece of canvas the size of an ordinary napkin ring, work with beads or worsted in bright colors the pattern you prefer, then line with silk-covered cardboard and bind the edges with bright ribbons of a color matching the embroidery. One end of the canvas is cut in points or scallops, and, when rolled up and sewed tightly, overlaps the other. Initials may be worked on these napkin rings.