colored silk. Black and white pins are placed in close rows and lines
all over the sides of the drum — in imitation of the cord that crosses^
from top to bottom. Look at a drum and you will see where the pins
should go.
A pretty one is made in this way : Take a piece of satin a little over
a foot square for top of cushion ; paint a bouquet in each corner and
connect them by a small wreath ; cut a slipper of satin ; paint flowers
or a monogram on the toe and a wreath around the heel ; line and fasten
to the sole ; sew the slipper to the square of satin (by the sole) so the
stitches will not show. Make the cushion, using the satin for the top
and finishing with a quilling of lace around the cushion and very nar-
row lace around the top of the slipper.
SCENT SACHETS.
Dainty ones are made of silk and satin in the shape of bags, triangles,
squares, boots and stockings. A piece of pale pink or blue satin, a
quarter of a yard square, is doubled one way and one of the sides has
painted or embossed daisies. The side seam is then sewed ; the bag
thus made is filled out roundly with cotton batting and sachet powder;
the edge at the top is turned in about an inch and a half, gathered,
edged with lace and tied up with pink or blue ribbon. To make a
small one, take a strip of ribbon a quarter of a yard long, double it
up from the center, and sew the edges over and over.
Those for the top of a trunk or the drawer of a dressing-case are
made of large silk or muslin cases, quilted. Pocket sachets, quilted,
and trimmed with gold twist or cord, make pretty presents. A glove
sachet should be the length and width of an ordinary pair of gloves.
It must be quilted and edged with narrow silk cord, with a small loop
at each corner. A necktie sachet is made narrow, and just long enough
to hold an evening tie folded in half. Both should be slightly scented.
Handkerchief sachets are made by quilting squares of silk or satin in
tiny diamonds, and folding the corners over like an envelope, embroider-
ing the initials in two corners and tiny forget-me-nots in one, lilies-
of-the-valley in the other. The edges may be finished with pleatings of
satin ribbons ; an edge of swan's down is elegant and not expensive, or
a row of pea-fowl feathers is rich and Oriental; also, a cording of
chenille makes a pretty finish.
SIDEBOARD CLOTHS.
For a cloth where a rich effect of color is required nothing looks bet-
ter than the old German or Russian cross-stitch work, with the patterns
executed in blue and rich ingrain cottons. These colors are best as
they are absolutely fast colors, and the old cloths, those copying the old
styles, were always worked in these shades. By using strips of silk
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colored silk. Black and white pins are placed in close rows and lines all over the sides of the drum — in imitation of the cord that crosses from top to bottom. Look at a drum and you will see where the pins should go.
A pretty one is made in this way : Take a piece of satin a little over a foot square for top of cushion ; paint a bouquet in each corner and connect them by a small wreath ; cut a slipper of satin ; paint flowers or a monogram on the toe and a wreath around the heel ; line and fasten to the sole ; sew the slipper to the square of satin (by the sole) so the stitches will not show. Make the cushion, using the satin for the top and finishing with a quilling of lace around the cushion and very narrow lace around the top of the slipper.
SCENT SACHETS.
Dainty ones are made of silk and satin in the shape of bags, triangles, squares, boots and stockings. A piece of pale pink or blue satin, a quarter of a yard square, is doubled one way and one of the sides has painted or embossed daisies. The side seam is then sewed ; the bag thus made is filled out roundly with cotton batting and sachet powder; the edge at the top is turned in about an inch and a half, gathered, edged with lace and tied up with pink or blue ribbon. To make a small one, take a strip of ribbon a quarter of a yard long, double it up from the center, and sew the edges over and over.
Those for the top of a trunk or the drawer of a dressing-case are made of large silk or muslin cases, quilted. Pocket sachets, quilted, and trimmed with gold twist or cord, make pretty presents. A glove sachet should be the length and width of an ordinary pair of gloves. It must be quilted and edged with narrow silk cord, with a small loop at each corner. A necktie sachet is made narrow, and just long enough to hold an evening tie folded in half. Both should be slightly scented. Handkerchief sachets are made by quilting squares of silk or satin in tiny diamonds, and folding the corners over like an envelope, embroidering the initials in two corners and tiny forget-me-nots in one, lilies-of-the-valley in the other. The edges may be finished with pleatings of satin ribbons ; an edge of swan's down is elegant and not expensive, or a row of pea-fowl feathers is rich and Oriental; also, a cording of chenille makes a pretty finish.
SIDEBOARD CLOTHS.
For a cloth where a rich effect of color is required nothing looks better than the old German or Russian cross-stitch work, with the patterns executed in blue and rich ingrain cottons. These colors are best as they are absolutely fast colors, and the old cloths, those copying the old styles, were always worked in these shades. By using strips of silk
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