LADIES' FANCY WORK. 



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pockets thus formed, the plain ones being arranged on one side and the 

 fancy ones on the other. These cases are convenient if they are scented, 

 whicli is done by sprinkling sachet on to the flannel before tlie satin lining 

 is added, and with a thin layer of cotton wool above. We may add that the 

 satin should be quilted on to a thin piece of lining. We have given the dimen- 

 sions to allow for tnming in. There is another shai>e made Uke a large en- 

 velope. The size and shape must be similar to the other, only the upper 

 part which forms the flap to the enveloiMi is brou};ht to a point in the centtr, 

 with each side turned in A silk cord is sonu-timLS added all round the 

 sachet, and finished off at the point with a loop, which forms the button-hole, 

 while the button m placed on 

 the lower side of the case. 



Iiodies'' Fancy Bag Pnrse. 



—The lower part of the purse 

 bag is formed of black silk, in 

 spider-web lace, Uncd with 

 crimson ailk, as also the upper 

 part of the bag. Cords of crim- 

 son silk draw the purse together 

 near the top, and tassels ar<_ 

 placed at each division and on^ 

 at the bottom. 



Crocheted Sha\*'I. — MaU- 

 rial: Six ounces of Shetland ' 

 wool. 



Make a chain the length of 

 the longest edge of the shawl. . 

 which is three-cornered. Thi 

 chain should be a multiple ot 

 six. After making the chain * 

 throw the thread over the needle 

 and catch into the third stitch 

 from the needle, draw the 

 thread through, thread over, 

 draw through two, thread over, 

 through two. This is the treble 

 crochet s titch. Make eight more 

 of these stitches in the same 

 chain stitch. Put the needle throngh the third stitch from the shell and 

 draw the thread throngh this stitch and the one on the needle. This is 

 single crochet atltch Repeat from * to the end of the chain and break the 

 thread. 



2. Catch the thread in the middle stitch of the first shell of the preceding 

 row. * Make three chain stitches, thread over the needle, put the needle 

 through the next stitch to the one in which the thread is fastened, draw 

 thread through, thread over, throngh two; keeping this loop and the former 

 one on the needle, put thread over and make the same kind of stitch in the 

 next stitch of the shell. Continue in this manner until there are ten stitches 

 on the needle, then throw the thread over and draw through all the stitches, 

 four chain and single crochet into the middle stitch of the next shell. Bepeat 

 from* 



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