nsy with the shades of violet and yellow, the buds of
the rose with the greens and the rose-colours, and the forget-me-nots
with blue, carefully blending the shades as may be suggested by the
taste of the worker. Finish with a row of gold twist sewed round the
edge of the case.

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EMBROIDERY

15. COLLAR AU FESTON.

_Materials--Cambric muslin and French working-cotton No. 80, or black
silk and fine sewing-silk_.

Having drawn the pattern on the material, work the lines and the edge in
button-hole stitch; then cut out the spaces between the lines, leaving
only the parts which are worked.

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[Illustration: No. 10. SERVIETTE]

[Illustration: No. 11. SCREEN.]

[Illustration No. 12. LONG PURSE IN HONEYCOMB PATTERN.]

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SCAGLIOLA WORK

16. CARD-CASE.

See directions in page 22.

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EMBROIDERY

19. CLARET-JUG MAT.

_Materials--White silk or cachmere; three shades of scarlet, three of
blue, three of green, and two of yellow chenille; five shades of scarlet
Berlin wool, two skeins of each shade; and two skeins of white wool_.

Draw the pattern on the material; work in embroidery-stitch the centre
flower with the shades of scarlet, and the stamens of the flower with
two shades of yellow. The buds are worked with scarlet, the small
flowers with blue, and the leaves with green.

Work the fringe from the directions for fringe for liqueur-stand, and
line with green silk.

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EMBROIDERY

20, 21. CORNER FOR HANDKERCHIEF.

_Materials--French cotton No_. 120.

Work in raised satin stitch.

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CROCHET.

22. COVER FOR EASY-CHAIR.

_Materials--Raworth's crochet-thread No. 21, and pink and drab
crochet-thread of corresponding quality_.

With drab make a chain the length required.--

_1st and 2d rows_. Double crochet.--

_3d row_. 1 long, 2 chain, miss 2; repeat.--

_4th row_. 1 long, 5 chain, (a) 5 long, 5 chain, miss 5; repeat from
(a).--

_5th row_. 1 long, 4 chain, (a) 5 long, worked on the last stitch of
chain and above the first four long of last row; repeat from (a).--

_6th, 7th, and 8th rows_. As _5th row_, but that the number of
edge-stitches must decrease in each row.--

_9th row_. 5 long, the first worked above the