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must be well glued. Select very fine and even 
cones for tassels—two with which to hang it by, 
and one from each point. When the whole is 
finished and quite dry, take a fine brush and paint 
the work all over with nice furniture varnish. 
pieces of cardboard ,• I made a break in each from 
the top, through the middle ot the leg, to about one 
and a half inches from the sole, then straight across 
to the end ot the toe, and back diagonally to the top 
of the heel. 1 his is to give a rounded appearance to 
the article when finished, and must be done before 
they are covered. Now cut from silk, or any cloth 
you choose to use, a piece a seam larger; baste nicely 
each to place; turn over the seam; cut 
another reaching only to the ankle for 
a fining; baste to place; overseam the 
top edges only of each piece; baste a 
narrow piping of black cloth from the 
heel to the toe on one piece only; cover 
the heel with black cloth, both pieces; 
on one piece only work in chain-stitch 
a row ot scallops to represent side¬ 
lacing ; tack a common jet bead in the 
centre ot each scallop to imitate a 
button; lay the two pieces together, 
and overseam all around except where 
the piping runs across the bottom of 
the boot; sew it through and through 
(the piping imitates the sole of the 
boot). Now fill the foot of the boot 
with raw cotton or bits of cloth, to give 
a round appearance; tack a loop of 
narrow ribbon to the top at the back to 
hang up by; fill with tapers. Mine 
measures, the foot six inches long, the 
length of leg seven inches. Jennie. 
NEEDLE-BOOK. 
Floral Decorations for Picture Frame. 
TAPER-HOLDERS. 
Take a piece of perforated cardboard six inches 
square; work the edge with split zephyr in button¬ 
hole stitch; take one space, then two, then three, 
then four; reverse the number of stitches, which will 
form a pointed scallop. Work any pretty vine or 
pattern you like inside the scallops; paste a bright 
scrap-picture in the centre of each; sew the two 
edges together with zephyr, so as to form a cornuco¬ 
pia; take a piece of silver lining-paper five and 
three-quarter inches square, wrap around your hand 
in the same form; slip in the holder; finish with 
cord and tassel in front and at the top point to 
hang by. 
Another I made which I think pretty, odd, and 
durable. Not being able to draw a boot, I cut the 
picture of one from an old slioe-box, enlarged it 
some, and used it as my pattern. By it I cut two 
Materials, white cardboard, pink 
silk paper, white flannel, and narrow 
pink ribbon. This needle-book is cut 
in two pieces of white cardboard, ex¬ 
actly similar in size. The one I intend 
to describe is oval in shape. Cut in 
small scallops round the edge, then take 
a needle (about a five in number) and 
prick at even distance all round the 
edge, and then take a darning-needle 
and prick another row; then take the 
five needle and prick round again; then 
put a small scroll pattern in the middle, 
and prick that all round with the darning-needle. 
When both covers are pricked they are fined with 
pink paper. Cut the leaves for the needle-book out 
of the white flannel, pink all round, and fasten to 
the cover; tie the covers together with pink ribbon, 
veiy narrow. These are very pretty for fairs. 
CORNER SHELVES WITH CONE 
BORDER. 
Materials, fir-cones, acorns, chestnuts, and two 
flat pieces of wood, pasteboard, marble-paper, glue, 
and brown cord. These hanging 
shelves consists of two flat pieces of 
wood cut hi a rectangular form, hal¬ 
ing two straight sides, and rounded off 
in the point. The upper surface of 
each shelf is covered with brown mar¬ 
ble-paper, which also must be gum¬ 
med over each edge. Thick pasteboard 
must be glued on the front edge, 
rounded with quite a point in the front; 
then cover with marble-paper. When 
the glue is quite dry, and holes are 
bored in the back, middle, and in each 
corner of the sides, commence the cone- 
work as follows: Procure some very 
large, well-grown fir-cones, and take 
off' the brown scales and cut them so 
they all measure a third of an inch in 
length; the first fine is placed round 
the outer edge of the pasteboard, the 
scales extending a little beyond ; fasten 
firmly with glue—the first and second 
lines are arranged according to taste—- 
then fasten on pieces of shells, of fir¬ 
cones, acorns, or anything fancy may 
dictate on the border, until the design 
fancy dictates is complete. Some use 
small acorns and cones, and merely 
put them on in a scroll form. We 
think that it is prettier not to have the 
borders alike, as there is too much 
exactness. The under shelf has, in the 
middle, large cones on both sides, single 
chestnuts, with beach-nut shells be¬ 
Home-madf. Wall-Pocket. 
Embroidered Wall-Pocket. 
