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wove  into  elotb.  bleached  and  were  then 
ready  to  make  their  towel?.  Their  sheets, 
blankets,  bed  ticks  and  the  preater  por¬ 
tion  of  their  wearing  apparel  required  the 
same  method. 
A  daughter  showed  me  a  white  coverlet 
her  mother  made  83  years  ago.  Women 
in  these  days  made  a  hand  in  the  field, 
and  the  work  was  done  during  the  noon 
hour,  after  supper  and  on  rainy  days. 
The  cotton  was  raised  in  the  garden, 
picked,  seeded,  carded  and  spun  by  hand, 
one  star  quilt  in  which  a  single  star  with 
four  small  ones  makes  the  quilt.  It  be¬ 
gins  with  eight  diamonds  in  center  and 
then  just  continues  on  and  on,  filling  in 
with  sufficient  diamonds  to  prevent  cup¬ 
ping'.  until  of  sufficient  size.  I  pieced  one 
years  ago;  will  tell  the  joke  on  myself.  1 
cut  my  pattern  for  the  diamonds  by 
guess.  When  I  sewed  eight  together  they 
cupped  up  like  a  hat  crown.  Instead  of 
ripping  them  apart  and  sloping  off  the 
shoulders  more  I  took  out  one  piece  ;  then 
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the  cloth  woven  plain  on  the  loom,  then 
whipped  together  by  the  tiniest  stitches. 
The  designs  were  laid  off.  roses,  double 
feathers,  flower-pots,  with  handles  on 
each  side,  and  filled  with  flowers  and 
leaves,  then  a  vine  with  large  leaves. 
These  were  tufted  or  filled  in  with  a  lace 
st i teh.  worked  with  the  button-hole  stitch, 
and  some  padded  and  worked  solid.  Name, 
age.  and  date  when  it  was  completed, 
were  worked  in  largc^sized  letters  along 
one  side.  The  ends  and  one  side  were 
finished  with  a  2i.j-foot  netted  lace,  which 
was  filled  in  with  roses,  vines  and  leaves, 
and  the  deep  scallops  finished  with  heavy 
they  were  a  smooth  fit.  I  pieced  around 
and  around.  There  was  never  a  time 
I  could  get  the  thing  square,  for  of  course 
a  seven-pointed  star  would  never  be 
square.  The  way  I  could  finish  was  to 
piece  top  large  enough  to  lay  on  another 
quilt,  and  cut  square. 
The  illustration  shows  some  of  the  old 
designs,  all  of  these  being  pieced,  not 
patched  on.  There  are  many  more,  and 
some  especially  handsome  among  the 
patched  patterns.  The  patterns  illus¬ 
trated  are  as  follows:  1.  Tree  of  Para¬ 
dise.  2.  The  welcome  home.  3.  Candy 
quilt.  -J.  Save  all.  5.  Pine  cone.  0. 
l>ove  at  the  window.  7.  Double  T.  The 
candy  quilt  is  pieced  in  strips  the  length 
of  the  bed.  and  then  sewed  together ; 
when  completed  the  stripes  appear  to  run 
in  a  curve. 
I  know  you  will  think  the  double  fool’s 
puzzle  well  named,  made  entirely  of 
pieced  work  ;  my  grandmother  called  the 
same  design  "the  save-all  quilt” ;  what 
trims  out  of  one  piece  is  sewed  into  the 
other. 
The  pine  cone  is  one  of  the  oldest  de¬ 
signs,  and  is  extremely  handsome  when 
made  up.  Beautiful  quilting  is  still  done 
here.  I  have  seen  quilts  that  were  in 
the  frames  five  and  six  months  and  no 
more,  space  between  the  quilted  linos  than 
is  between  these  lines  as  I  write  them  ; 
such  work  is  useless  though. 
MRS.  n.  li.  PHILLIPS. 
Tomato  Catsup 
Last  year  about  this  time  you  pub¬ 
lished  an  excellent,  catsup  recipe,  which 
could  be  kept  in  ordinary  corked  bottles. 
I  made  it  and  liked  it  very  much,  but  I 
have  lost  the  recipe.  Would  you  repeat 
it  V  MRS.  J.  A.  C. 
The  following  recipe,  given  last  year, 
is  our  favorite ;  it  was  originally  ob¬ 
tained  from  Marion  Ilarlaud's  "Complete 
Cook  Book.”  Slice  a  peck  of  unpeeled 
tomatoes  with  six  white  onions  and  boil 
together  until  soft  enough  to  rub  through 
a  colander.  Then  strain  through  a  sieve 
and  return  to  fire  with  three  bay  leaves,  a 
tablespoonful  each  of  powdered  mace, 
pepper,  cloves,  Sugar,  salt,  a  half  tea¬ 
spoonful  of  paprika,  and  a  tablespoon  fill 
of  celery  seed  tied  up  in  a  small  cheese¬ 
cloth  bag.  Boil  for  six  hours,  stirring 
frequently.  Remove  the  bag  of  celery 
seed,  add  a  pint  of  vinegar,  and  bring 
to  a  boil  again,  then  remove  from  the 
fire.  When  cold  bottle  and  seal. 
Creamed  Parsnips. — Cook  the  parsnips 
till  done  in  boiling  salted  water  and 
then  drain.  They  should  be  out  cross¬ 
wise.  Make  a  rich  cream  sauce  with  one 
pint  of  milk,  tablespoon  of  flour,  lump 
of  butter  the  size  of  an  egg  and  some 
red  pepper.  Make  the  sauce  very  hot 
and  pour  over  the  parsnips. 
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tonholed.  The  design  on  the  front  is  to  be 
worked  in  cross-stitch.  To  pud  the  scalloped 
edge,  work  chain  stitch  between  the  lines, 
heavier  at  tlie  center  of  pitch  scallop,  lighter  Ht 
the  points,  or,  cut  n  skein  of  thread  and  apply 
two  or  more  threads  over  the  center  of  the 
stamped  pattern,  keeping  within  tin-  lines,  tael; 
here  autT  there  in  couching  style,  gathering  the 
threads  closely  together  at  each  point  of  the 
scallops.  Ihittonhole  over  the  foundation,  l-’or 
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tassels.  Is  there  one  of  us  that  would 
dare  undertake  such  a  task  today? 
And  that  reminds  me  of  the  "blooming 
rose”  quilting  design.  On  the  quilt  I 
drew  the  pattern  from,  there  was  not  over 
one-half  inch  of  nnquilted  spaces  in  the 
white  part.  The  colored  parts  were 
quilted  by  the  pieces  with  thread  the 
color  of  the  material.  When  the  colored 
thread  could  not  be  bought  the  cloth  was 
torn  in  narrow  strips  and  the  ravelings 
used. 
I  had  a  long  chase  to  catch  the  ostrich 
feather,  another  old  design,  but  finally  lo¬ 
cated  one  and  think  it  well  worth  the 
trouble.  The  “Tennessee  Star"  is  easy 
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