Take a yard of black satin, double it and cut it in the shape of a half
moon. About an inch from the edge have stamped for working, a nar-
row half wreath of pansies or other small flowers, and in the center a
bunch of the same flowers. Cut four pieces of cloth or thick flannel
the same size as the satin ; sew two pieces across the bottom or straight
edges and lay wadding between these pieces of flannel until about two
inches thick ; then sew the circular edges together ; fix the other pieces
of flannel in the same way; line these half-moon cushions with some
pretty satin or silk and sew the circular edges together. It forms a sort
of wadded cap or helmet, over which the embroidered black satin, being
sewed in the same manner, is slipped and finished with cord, with loops
at the top to raise it up by. These are very pretty made of cloth and
braided, and are slipped over the tea-pot to keep the tea warm.
TIDIES.
A pretty one is made of white dice canvas, which is canvas woven in
squares like a checker-board. On each of these squares is a figure of
fruit or flowers in crewel embroidery. On one square is a bunch of
cherries, on another a bunch of grapes, another a pansy, another a but-
tercup, and so on till each square is filled.
A very pretty one is made by dividing a square of strainer cloth into
two parts, inclosing the upper with bands of garnet velvet stitched with
orange, working a flower pattern upon it and laying a band of orange
silk across the lower half and putting a bright little Japanese fan across
the upper half. This looks like a Japanese banner.
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New and handsome ones are of coarse linen; fringe the ends and
over-cast. Work a design down the center with crewels and filling
floss. Put satin ribbon on each edge an inch and a half wide. It is
prettier feather-stitched on in a contrasting color.
TOBACCO POUCHES.
To make a tobacco pouch for grandpa, who smokes a pipe, take a
circular piece of chamois or colored leather, and make a casing for the
strings by facing it in the inside with silk and stitching it in. Draw up
the bag, laying it flat. For the ornamentation, cut out small oval pieces
of cloth of various colors — red, green, blue, drab, etc.; baste them upon
the bag, sewing them down with button-hole stitch, done in different
colored silks, observing previously to ornament each piece with a tiny
silk spray, and working each piece in variegated silks, to produce an
Oriental effect. Others are made of soft kid, cut in a circle and bound
with ribbon, embroidered in colored silks with a floral design and mono-
gram, or Panama or Russian canvas, lined with India rubber cloth.
WALL POCKETS.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Take a yard of black satin, double it and cut it in the shape of a half moon. About an inch from the edge have stamped for working, a narrow half wreath of pansies or other small flowers, and in the center a bunch of the same flowers. Cut four pieces of cloth or thick flannel the same size as the satin ; sew two pieces across the bottom or straight edges and lay wadding between these pieces of flannel until about two inches thick ; then sew the circular edges together ; fix the other pieces of flannel in the same way; line these half-moon cushions with some pretty satin or silk and sew the circular edges together. It forms a sort of wadded cap or helmet, over which the embroidered black satin, being sewed in the same manner, is slipped and finished with cord, with loops at the top to raise it up by. These are very pretty made of cloth and braided, and are slipped over the tea-pot to keep the tea warm.
TIDIES.
A pretty one is made of white dice canvas, which is canvas woven in squares like a checker-board. On each of these squares is a figure of fruit or flowers in crewel embroidery. On one square is a bunch of cherries, on another a bunch of grapes, another a pansy, another a buttercup, and so on till each square is filled.
A very pretty one is made by dividing a square of strainer cloth into two parts, inclosing the upper with bands of garnet velvet stitched with orange, working a flower pattern upon it and laying a band of orange silk across the lower half and putting a bright little Japanese fan across the upper half. This looks like a Japanese banner.
WORK AND SCRAP BASKETS.
New and handsome ones are of coarse linen; fringe the ends and over-cast. Work a design down the center with crewels and filling floss. Put satin ribbon on each edge an inch and a half wide. It is prettier feather-stitched on in a contrasting color.
TOBACCO POUCHES.
To make a tobacco pouch for grandpa, who smokes a pipe, take a circular piece of chamois or colored leather, and make a casing for the strings by facing it in the inside with silk and stitching it in. Draw up the bag, laying it flat. For the ornamentation, cut out small oval pieces of cloth of various colors — red, green, blue, drab, etc.; baste them upon the bag, sewing them down with button-hole stitch, done in different colored silks, observing previously to ornament each piece with a tiny silk spray, and working each piece in variegated silks, to produce an Oriental effect. Others are made of soft kid, cut in a circle and bound with ribbon, embroidered in colored silks with a floral design and monogram, or Panama or Russian canvas, lined with India rubber cloth.
WALL POCKETS.