corner two pattern st. separated by three c. h. on the middle one of the three c. h. in the next

FIG. 5.-BORDER FOR FIG. 6.

widening, three c. h. One pattern st. on the middle one of the following three c. h.; repeat three times from *.

4th to 29th rows. Work as in the preceding round, increasing the number of pattern st. in each row, and working the eighteenth and twentieth rows in pink wool. Work the lace border for the shawl with white wool in the following manner:

1st row. Alternately one s. c. on the middle one of the next three c. h. in the preceding row, and five c. h.; at the end one s. 1. on the first s. c. of the row.

TABLE-COVER WITH CROSSSTITCH EMBROIDERY.

A superb table-cover, which will well repay the labor of any one who may have leisure to devote to the task, is illustrated in

Figs. 5 and 6.

two inches square, and self fringed all around. The material is fine écru canvas linen, and the embroidery is executed in crossstitch in light-blue, dark-blue, and red. The design is very beautiful, and lays claim to great antiquity.

BURLAPS RUG.

The rage for rugs continues with such undiminished eagerness, that new designs are continually invented to supply the demand. A very useful style, because it can be cut to fit any space, is made in the following manner :

Cut a piece of burlaps of any size and shape desired. Then select various shades of alpaca braids, scald and dry them to prevent shrinking, and arrange them tastefully. The following order produces an excellent effect: Black, yellow, brown, scarlet, blue, orange, slate, and green. Baste neatly, running each stripe out to the edge, thus making a square of crossed lines at the corners. Do not put the braids on with sewing machine, which gives a drawn appearance, but whip each edge.

The black braid should be three inches from the edge and the others one inch apart. With heavy wool or yarn, of colors that harmonize well,

If further ornamentation is desirable, a star may be traced in the centre and the outlines followed with braid.

FIG. 7.-WASTE-PAPER BASKET TRIMMED WITH EMBROIDERY.

WASTE-PAPER BASKET TRIMMED WITH EMBROIDERY. The pretty basket for waste-paper, illustrated in Fig. 7, is composed of wicker-work and cane-rods, which are varnished black. The trimming consists of a strip of bronze-colored silk, nine and a half inches wide, furnished with a stiff lining and ornamented with a binding of olive-colored velvet. Each section of this strip is embroidered alternately with a spray of flowers and leaves and a monogram, the monogram being placed on the narrow and the spray of flowers on the long sides of the oblong basket. Two sprays of flowers are used, separated by a band of the velvet. They are worked in tent-stitch with filoselle silk in two shades of dark red. The monogram is edged with gold cord and filled out with dark-red and blue silk. The lining is of blue silk headed with ruches of blue satin ribbon an inch and a half wide. The four corners of the basket are trimmed with bows of blue satin ribbon, and knotted tassels of dark-red and blue silk, as shown by the illustration.

The strip of olive silk may be embroidered with a vine passing entirely around the basket, if preferred, or olive felt, with a garland of poppies and corn-flowers executed in Kensington art-work, can be substituted with excellent effect.

SCRAP-COVERINGS.

A new method of utilizing the scraps of silk, satin, ribbon, and velvet constantly accumulating in every family has been devised by some clever brain, and is rapidly growing in favor.

Cut the bits of material into pieces about four inches long and one-eighth or one-quarter of an inch wide, sewing them neatly together after the manner of preparing carpet-rags, crocheting or knitting them together hap-hazard.

Pieces of cloth prepared in the same way, but cut wider and longer, make serviceable rugs for the floor, but the bits of silk and satin form charming coverings for sofa-pillows or brioches. Some very industrious people make pieces large enough for portières. The effect is really pretty and

Next cover the sides of the box with a puff of velvet; a bias strip about four inches wide is shirred twice along each edge and then attached to a strip of foundation wide and long enough to extend around the sides of the box; the lower edge is bound half an inch wide and finished with cord; the joining of the upper edge with the top of the box is concealed under pale-blue silk galloon, dotted with tufts of blue silk. From the lower edge of the galloon hang tassels of blue and white silk or chenille.

Ist row. Pass by three st. and work one d. c.. (double crochet) on every following st.

2d row. One s. c. (single crochet) on the next st. in the preceding row,* four c. h. (chain-stitch) one t. c. (treble crochet) on the same st. with the preceding s. c., reserving the uppermost vein on the needle, one t. c. on the following sixth st., working off the uppermost vein together with that of the preceding t. c., four c. h. one s. c. on the

TOWEL WITH DRAWN-WORK AND CROSS STITCH EMBROIDERY.

A very beautiful design for the elaborate towels now so fashionable for covering towel-racks, even if held too valuable for use, is illustrated in Fig. 8.

The design is worked on linen of medium fineness with dark-blue embroidery cotton (No. 30) and white linen thread (No. 60). Fig. 9 shows an enlarged pattern which can be readily followed. To execute it, alternately ravel six threads and leave three threads remaining. Catch every three of the former together and wind the joining thread with the same cotton.

SHIRRED BAG.

A pretty method of making the hand-bags now so fashionable is to cut a piece of satin ten inches wide and seventeen inches long, fold it lengthwise down the middle and join it at the sides. The top is turned down an inch and a quarter and run with a shirr, through which satin ribbon is drawn and tied in a bow. For the trimming a strip of satin of a darker shade is cut eighteen inches long and eight and a half wide, but sloped on the sides to a depth of six inches. The sides are then turned down to the depth of an inch, and, leaving a heading three-quarters of an inch wide, are shirred four times, twice on each side, leaving a space of half an inch between. A band of embroidery is then laid between the shirrs, and finished at the ends in points.

CROCHET WORK-BAG.

This pretty bag is worked with white crochet cotton and lined with cherry-colored satin. To make the crochet covering, begin with a foundation of sixty-nine st. (stitches) and work in rows back and forth.

FIC. 9.-ENLARGED PATTERN OF FIG. 8.

same st. with the preceding t. c.; repeat from * ten times, but instead of the last four c. h. and one s. c. in the row, work one t. c. on the same st. with the preceding t. c.

3d row. Nine c. h., one s. c. on the st. with which the next two t. c. in the preceding row were worked off, * four c. h., one t. c. on the same stitch with the preceding s. c., reserving the uppermost vein, one t. c. on the st. with which the next two t. c. in the preceding row were worked off, working off the uppermost vein to