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WHITE EMBROIDERED TIDY. 
The charming little tidy shown in miniature in our 
illustration is exceedingly beautiful, as will be im¬ 
agined from this sample. 
It is not made, as might be supposed, by applying 
a border of interlaced pieces around an embroidered 
centre, but by marking out an interlaced design, work¬ 
ing the edges with buttonhole stitching, and cutting 
out the spaces between. 
To do this, take a half yard of white linen or pique, 
mark out a circular scalloped centre, with sprigs of 
leaves or sprays of small flowers in the centre of each 
scallop. These embroider in satin stitch, as also the 
border around the edge, buttonhole stitching the scal¬ 
lops. Then arrange the crossed-bar border as previ¬ 
ously described. The tidy is extremely delicate, and 
when freshly laundried is peculiarly dainty and elegant¬ 
looking. 
NEEDLE CASE OF PERFORATED CARD. 
The cover of this needle-case consists of slanted 
squares of perforated card, fastened with ribbon bows, 
and measuring five inches in length and three and one- 
half in width. 
This is of silver-faced perforated card, worked in 
long lines of colored silk, fastened with one white 
bead at each crossing, and with three white beads in 
each diamond. 
It is trimmed with ribbon to match tlie silk, drawn 
down in puffs with a string of five white beads on each 
side. 
Two or three leaves of fine flannel, cut out in scal¬ 
lops around the edge, are fastened in. 
SOFA CUSHION IN KNITTED EMBROI¬ 
DERY. 
The groundwork of this cushion is of deep crimson, 
and the pattern in shaded brown Berlin wool. Lined 
with damask, and trimmed with silk cord aDd tassels. 
White Embroidered Tidy. 
HOUSE CONVENIENCES AND HOW TO 
MAKE THEM. 
TO MAKE STRAW PICTURE FRAMES. 
Pick out from a bundle of straws those without 
flaws. It takes five for each part of the frame. Ar¬ 
range them thus : Put one long straw in the centre, a 
short one on each side, and a shorter one on each side 
of those; sew them together on the back with some 
strong cottou. When you have the top, bottom, and 
sides ready, fasten them together at the corners in the 
Needle Case of Perforated Card. 
form of an Oxford frame, placing the top and bottom 
ones in front of the sides. Then make four small 
pieces of three straws in each, the centre on the long- 
esl, and fasten crosswise to each other by means of a 
piece of ribbon tied round ; the ribbon is to hide where 
the parts of the frame are joined together. The pic¬ 
ture is fastened in with a narrow 
ribbon, crossed over at the hack 
and brought through between the 
straws on each side of the frame, 
then passed over the centre straw 
through to the back and firmly 
sewed. This ribbon has a very 
pretty effect. A loop of ribbon 
should be sewed on to the top by 
which to hang -the frame. Tins 
makes a lovely little present. 
A SHELL FRAME. ' 
First make a frame of some 
light kind of wood. Then stick 
your shells all over it with white 
lead to fasten them. Put them on 
smooth, and at each corner have 
a little cluster of periwinkles ; or if your frame is 
inches in circumference, and cover it with a piece of 
purple velvet. Then all around the edge, and about 
an inch from the outside, fasten white chicken feathers 
closely together by sewing them to the velvet. In the 
centre of the mat embroider a bunch of flowers and 
leaves with white silk. This is something new and 
quite pretty. 
A FAIRY BASKET. 
Take strips of cloth, linen or muslin, from your 
scrap bag, cut them about half an inch wide, draw 
threads out from each side until only two or three are 
left in the middle; take a piece of large size wire and 
form a hoop; wrap around it a piece of plain muslin, 
and twist a strip of fringe around it; next take the 
other strips and place them over the hoop in succes¬ 
sion, forming loops; after the hoop is well covered 
(the loops must he eleven inches long) tie them to¬ 
gether about four inches from 1 lie bottom with strong 
thread ;■ then take four more strips, slip them under 
the hoop at equal distances, draw them together and 
tie them two inches from the top; you can have 
the strings as long as you desire ; all over it tie little 
pieces of pink worsted. 
SOMETHING FOR THE BABY. 
Forget the baby? Oh, dear, no! that would never 
do. Here is something you can make for it: Buy 
five cents’ worth of worsted, not the most expensive 
kind, but some bright color; then take two large cards 
and ask your mother to lend you a wine glass for a 
few days to make some things with ; put the top of 
the wine glass down on one of the cards, and run a 
pencil point close around against the edge ; do the 
same to the other, and you will have two circles drawn. 
Cut them out, and you will find them just the same 
size. Then put your thimble right in the middle of 
each round piece and draw a line around that and cut 
it out; then you have two little things like the wheels 
of baby’s cart; then lay them together, face to face, 
and pulling your needle in and out of the hole, draw 
the worsted around the card, tying the pieces together 
with threads that lie like the spokes of a wheel, only 
close together; and go on until the card is covered up 
and the worsted heaped high and you cannot get your 
needle in any longer. Then lake a piece of cord and 
thread it in a bodkin and tie the worsted together in 
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the centre, taking up every little loop, drawing it 
oval, put a cluster at the top, bottom, and sides, tight, and if it is a bright, pretty cord, you may leave 
it for the baby to catch bold of. Then cut the outside 
edge exactly on the edge, and you will see the card¬ 
board, and can jiull it out and puff your worsted up 
into a large beautiful ball; where it is not even you 
can trim it down with the scissors. Baby will be de-_ 
lighted with it. II. B. Haydon. 
When yon have finished, give it a thick coat of varn 
ish. But be sure and place a bright colored picture in 
this frame, so as to make it look cheerful. 
feather lamp mat. 
Cut out a round piece of cardboard about fourteen 
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