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with moss also ; line the basket with colored paper or 
silk; fill with autumn leaves, ferns, etc. 
Horn Basket. —Get a nice white horn and scrape 
BRAIDED RUG. it clean with a piece of glass until you have a quantity 
We show on this page a braided rug, which is not shavings from it. Then make the foundation of 
only neat and even tasteful, but economical withal, as 
it may be made of old garments, or pieces of carpet. 
It may consist of any number of colors or of blocks, 
light and dark jfieces mixed promiscuously. Strips 
are cut about two inches wide, until a quantity of 
each color is accumulated. As regards material, any 
pieces will answer, whether 
woolen or cotton, and carpet¬ 
ing cut into pieces an inch 
wide will make an article both 
strong and durable. The 
pieces are sewed together, as 
for carpet rags, then folded 
lengthwise, and three strands 
(black, lighter shade, or some 
bright color, and white) are 
braided together; then com¬ 
mencing in the centre, a piece 
a few inches iu length is taken, 
and, placing it flat, the braid 
is turned round and sewed 
down one side of it, coiled 
round the other end, and so on, 
until the entire mat is sewed, coil after coil, around the [ 
centre; this gives an oval shape. If the rug is de¬ 
sired round it will require the central coil to be worked 
round only an iucb of braid, instead of a strip of cen¬ 
tral braid. The fringe is made of ravelled carpeting. 
The other illustrations iu this page consist of an- A 
., , . - , , . . Design for Silk Embroidery or Worsted Work. 
other design lor a sewed rug made nearly the same 
as the first described, and with rosettes around the edge. 
A large design is given for colored silk or worsted em¬ 
broidery which is intended mainly for hanging in a 
rich frame. 
Shaving Paper Case. —Take a collar box an on 
the lid paste a picture so as to cover the reading, etc.; 
around the rim of the lid paste gilt paper ; cover the 
box part with gilt paper and all around it paste small 
ehromos. Take sheets of thin tissue paper and cut 
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it into circles so they will lay in the box smoothly. 
Fill the box with these ; bows of ribbon may be added 
to the lid to look like handles, if wished. 
Rustic Basket. —Again get a collar box and cover 
the outside with moss, lichens, etc., leaving the lid off. 
Now' take a narrow strip of cardboard and form a 
handle to the basket you have just made; cover this 
your basket with pasteboard, and sew the shavings on 
the pasteboard in small clumps. Cover both inside 
and out. These baskets are beautiful. 
A Match Lighter. —Take a stiff piece of card¬ 
board and cut it into a circle about the size of a saucer. 
Next take a piece of sand paper, and, laying the card¬ 
board circle on it, cut a circle the same size; paste the 
piece of cardboard to the circle of sand paper, leaving 
the rough side uncovered; around the edges paste a 
narrow strip of gilt paper, and near the edge of some 
part of the circle paste a little 
chrotno. Above the chromo 
fasten a little ring with which 
to hang it by. 
Card Basket in Photo- 
phamie. —First take card¬ 
board and cut it and form into 
some kind of a basket; you can 
do it better than I can tell 
you. Aroundthe edge put little 
bows of ribbon. Now for the 
pliotophamie : Take a small 
picture, say the picture of a 
dog or cat, and in some part of 
the basket fasten it; all around 
the edge of the dog or cat 
prick piu boles; then remove 
the picture and you will still 
have the form. Make these little pictures all over 
your basket. This is odd and pretty. 
A Needle Book. —Take two little advertising 
circulars, and on the side with the reading put a 
chromo so it will cover it. Bind the edges of both 
with ribbon. Then cut a pretty piece of flannel like 
leaves of a book, and sew them to the ribbon edge of 
the back of the corner, which you must overhand to¬ 
gether, and put a ribbon string on each side to tie it 
together. 
A Comb and Brush Box. —From a fancy store 
procure a pasteboard box a little longer than a hair 
brush, and about five inches high. Cover it all over 
with bine or red cambric. Then take a piece of book 
muslin and cover the cambric with that. Next take 
quilled ribbon and put it all around the sides and top 
and around the bottom. Cover a button mould to 
match for a knob to lift the cover off by. 
Pocket Pincushion.— 
Draw two circles on card by 
a wine glass, and cut them out. 
Cover them with bright bits of 
silk or velvet; settle it neatly, 
so there are no wrinkles; baste 
with thread on the wrong side; 
drawing all the edges together 
in neat plaits, and then over¬ 
hand them together. This is 
a pretty little present for a lit¬ 
tle girl to give to a gentleman. 
Coral Ornaments. —The 
first thing to do is to twist 
common bonnet wire into the 
shape you wish it, a bracket, 
picture frame, etc. Next tie 
all over the wire little pieces of corn. Now take some 
white wax and melt it in a clean pan ; then put into 
your wax some Vermillion, mixing them together until 
they form a red paste. Then dip your wire frame 
into the paste two or three times and hang it in a cool 
place to dry. These articles are really beautiful, and 
I hope the reader will try and make some. I know 
they will succeed. I would like to tell you how to 
make a great many more things, but I fear I have al¬ 
ready taken up to much room in your valuable maga¬ 
zine. E. L. E. 
Clean cashmere lace by dipping or rinsing it in 
the gasoline, being careful not to rub it so as to get 
the meshes and figures out of place. Dry it out of 
Rug with Rosettes. 
doors, then lay it on a cloth in good form, and place 
between the leaves of a book to press. 
To Make an Alum Basket. —First twist the 
wire into the shape you wish it and then dip it into 
hot alum water until a thick coating of that substance 
is formed; hang in a cool place for twenty-four hours 
to cool. 
