This pretty cloth is intended for a Queen Anne tray, and its lace edges
curve upward and just over the rim of the tray when it is laid upon it.
The center is of fine table-linen, while the edge is formed of
Battenburg braid, buttons and fancy stitches. As will be seen, the
corner spaces are filled in with point d'Angleterre rosettes or
"spiders," the large border spaces and corresponding corner ones are
filled in with picot bars, while the very fine work seen in the
triangles and square spaces are point de Venise stitches, and
half-spiders are made in the other triangles. The narrow, straight inner
border is composed of bars and tiny buttons arranged as represented. The
cloth is hem-stitched before the braid is laid on, and the corners are
cut out from underneath after the work is otherwise completed.

[Illustration: No. 15.--Queen Anne Tray-Cloth of Battenburg Lace and
Linen.]

No. 16.

DESIGN FOR A BUTTERFLY IN POINT LACE. (FULL SIZE).

Butterflies for the corners of handkerchiefs, scarf-ends and the points
of caps or coiffures are favorite designs in point and Honiton laces.
The one illustrated is very dainty and exceedingly simple to execute.
The upper portion of each wing has a point de reprise ground-work, but
the solid sections are tiny spiders instead of point de reprise
triangles. The outer tips of the wings are filled in with Raleigh bars,
while similar bars, point de Bruxelles stitches and a point d'Angleterre
rosette complete the lower wings. Any of the fine point or Honiton
braids may be chosen for the outlining of the butterfly, and a fine
over-and-over stitch or fine cord may be used to mark the lines
extending from the head.

[Illustration: No. 16.--Design for a Butterfly in Point Lace. (Full
Size).]

No. 17.

DESIGN FOR A DOILY OR HANDKERCHIEF OF POINT OR HONITON LACE.

This design, as illustrated, is of course too small for either a doily
or handkerchief, but an expert lace-maker can enlarge it to any size
desired; and the clever amateur will find no difficulty in doing the
same thing, as the outlines are not at all intricate, and may be easily
followed. In sending for the braid for this, or similar designs, it is
advisable to permit the lace-maker addressed to select them, and of
course, the thread, since her long experience enables her at once to
correctly judge what materials are appropriate for the articles you wish
to make, especially if she knows the size the article is desired