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THE nOUBSnOLD. 



BLACKBEEBT. 



A Pretty Tidy. — The reqiiisites are a ball of number fourteen tidy cot- 

 ton, and a wooden frame about twenty inches square, with an inch sprig 



driven half down in the cen- 

 ter of each corner, and simi- 

 lar ones along the sides in 

 line with these, and an inch 

 apart. 



Fasten jrour cotton to the 

 second side sprig, and weave 

 from this sprig to the one di- 

 rec tly opposite, passing 

 round each sprig three or 

 four times; then draw the 

 thread to the next sprig and 

 weave in the same manner. 

 Continue this until you reach 

 the second sprig from the side you are working toward. Now cross these 

 threads in the same way from the other two sides, then cross with the same 

 number of threads diagonally in both directions. You -will then have in 

 your frame four warps, each in different directions. With a needle and tidy 

 cotton securely fasten as they are every place where four sets of threads in- 

 tersect, drawing the cotton 

 from one to another. Cut 

 the cotton at everj' sprig, 

 and it is finished, except 

 trimming the fringe a little. 

 Made in this way they are 

 serviceable, and less work 

 than you would think. 



Embroidery Designs. 



— We give a design from 

 natural forms (Fig. 1) to 

 which the artist has added 

 an imaginative edge, al- 

 though that has the outlines 

 of some leaf forms. For 

 fine deUcate needlework 

 in pure white this forms a 

 most graceful design. But, 

 where embroidered in the 

 colors natural to the leaves 

 and fruits, on a boy's or 

 girl's jacket, stand cloth or 

 ottoman cover, on cloth of 

 scarlet or gray, is pretty 

 enough for the most fastidi- 

 ous. Moreover, this leads 

 you to observe and study 

 these things, which from your life-long intimacy with them may have failed 

 to specially interest you. 



For an initial letter for the comer of a handkerchief, we give two designs 

 (Figs. 2 and 3), which serve the treble purpose of use, ornament, and mem- 



FIO. 2 — INITIAL LETTEB. 



