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ribbon. Combine the two shades of bhxe in the tassels, with the silver 

 wound round the tops of them. Heavy cord and tassels to hang it up by. 

 The same design of trimming will answer for any shaped basket. 



Ornaineiital Scrap Bag or Basket. — This basket, to hang against the 

 wall, is composed of cardboard, covered with gray linen, embroidered with 

 brown wool, and fastened in a cane stand. Cut out first a piece of card- 

 board for the back and the bottom, and five pieces for the front. Bind them 

 with a crossway strip of gray linen, cover them with gray linen, and woi-k on 

 the outside with brown wool the design in point russe, the stitches being 

 taken through the cardboard. Then line the pieces with linen and sew them 



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together. Next prepare five pieces of thin cane, four and one-half inclios 

 long, for the edges of the back, and five four and one-half inches long, live 

 four inches long, and six five inches long, for the front of the basket. At 

 one-half inch from the ends cut a little hollow in the canes, and then lit 

 them to each other and tie them together, first with strong thread and then 

 with brown ribbon, according to illustration, and secure the basket into the 

 etand. For the cover, cut a piece of cardboard according to the shape of the 

 upper jjart of the back, doubled. Cut it in half through along the center, 

 cover the side on which you made the incision with linen, and work on one- 

 half of the design seen in iHustratiou to the back of the basket, double 

 th^ cover, sew the edge of th« linen together, and sow on a cord, 



