LADIES' FANCY WO UK. 



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small bem-Btitched handkerchief, joined with lace insertion, finished with a 

 frill of lace, and lined to match the other appointments of the room. They 

 need not be made of exjieusire handkerchiefs; the thinner the better. For- 

 timate are those who poeeess one of those large wicker or rattan chairs, as they 

 may be decorated so hand- 

 somely with colored satin 

 ribbon, ran in and tied in. 

 bows, or a handsome scarf 

 abont twelve inches wide, 

 and long enough to hang 

 OT«r the back and go down 

 the back and eeat, and hang 

 over the seat a little. It may 

 be made of a strip of plush in 

 the center, and a strip of 

 embroidery in crewel work 

 on felt, satin, momie cloth 

 or canvas of some contrast- 

 ing color, or worsted \\ork. 

 Line and join the seams 

 with fancy stitches in silk, 

 and fiiusb the ends with 

 fringe. Another handsome 

 decoration of a rocker wonld 

 be a cnshion covered with 

 plush or embroidered can- 

 vas. Put a pnflf of satin 

 around tlic edge, and cover 

 the seam with small che- 

 nille cord. A pillow roll for 

 the head-rest at the back 

 should be made to match, 

 and tied on with riblwiis. 

 Double-faced canton dauuel 

 in wine color and olive green 

 is much used for lambre- 

 quins, table covers, curtains 

 for archways and double- 

 doorways, and also for win- 

 dows, bat it may fade when 

 brought insuch close contact 

 with the sun and hght. The 

 trimming is usually a band 

 of old gold, feather-stitched 

 on, and the edge is finished 

 with fringe or a hem. 



Hanging C»sk(>t.— 



The basket is wicker-work, 



and the band at the top is 



of light blue cloth four inches deep, with a scalloped piece a darker shade 



^▼er it. The long stitches on the dark cloth are of the hghtest shade of blue 



^Ik, with a silTcr thread running with it. Through the wickers fug 8«% 



SXSOTSa BASKET. 



