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SOFA-CUSHION.—CANVAS WORK. 
Materials: Canvas, four shades of sepia-colored 
worsted, four shades of a somewhat more reddish color 
in floss silk, silk lining, stufliug, trimming, etc. The 
embroidery is executed on canvas, in broad stitch and 
stem stitch; the blank spaces left are filled up with 
cross stitches. Four shades of sepia-colored worsted 
tom of the frame and on each of Sofa-Cushion. 
the four sides, then in the centre 
make a cross of your stars; they are to be set on black ! size, double four times, and cut round in the shape of 
paper, or most anything black will do. I painted a rose leaf; fringe some yellow tissue paper for the 
paper black for mine. Now fasten your glass with centre; you can use green cambric for leaves, or take 
strips of cardboard on the frame with material to j green paper, which you can paint yourself. Foi a 
match the inside, cut stars or scollop gold-paper and basket, make any pretty shape, and fill your basket 
with cotton, and then glue on the roses. Hattie. 
Wall-Pocket, 
glue on the strips that holds the glass; then attach a 
The Housewife illustrated on this page is so good that 
with our description any lady can, we think, be able to 
make one quickly. It is 6 inches wide and 10 long; 
the outside of green morocco, and the linings and 
pockets of green silk; it is bound all around with 
green galloon. The spools are held by a piece o^ 
strong wire, which is fastened at one end into a round 
pincushion, and at the other fits into a piece of paste¬ 
board, covered with silk. A piece of tin bent in the 
shape of a half tube (cut in two lengthwise) is placed 
between the outside and lining from A to B, and fastened 
there; a round pincushion closes one end and the 
pasteboard the other. The pincushion is fastened in 
by only half a dozen stitches, so that the wire on 
which the spools are strung may be movable. This 
housewife may be rolled up and tied with a bit of 
ribbon. It may also be made larger, a foot wide and 
length in proportion. 
WALIi-POCKET. 
Materials: Gray yarn, green woolen rep, stout card¬ 
board, one small brass ring. This wall-pocket, which 
is a handy repository for newspapers and the like, 
consists of a back part 111 inches wide, 12 inches 
high in the centre, and slanting towards the sides, 
where it is 9 inches high, and a front part 9 inches 
high and of the same width as the back. These parts 
are covered with green woolen rep, aud the front part 
is decorated with a square tidy crocheted or tatted in 
some pretty design with gray yarn. At its top, the 
front part is joined to the back by a strap of ruched 
merino 31 inches long and If inches wide, crossed in 
the centre by a double cord of gray yarn. The lacing 
Housewife. 
are used for the arabesques, which are worked in 
stem stitch, and for the leaves in the bouquets. Four 
shades of a more reddish tint of floss silk are taken for 
the flowers and tendrils, but each flower is embroidered 
with light worsted beneath the silk. The corn flowers 
are worked of one of the darkest shades of the worsted, 
the net-work 'over them of a 
middle shade of floss silk. The 
stamens in the centre of the 
flowers consist of knots of golden 
yellow' silk in three shades. For 
the filling in, choose a lively 
color, corresponding w'ith the 
decoration of the room. The 
edge is surrounded by a niching 
of silk bound with satin, and 
points of silk beneath it. This 
design may be worked on velvet 
or cloth, and is equally suita¬ 
ble for round cushions or chairs. 
cord and tassel (most any cord will do) and hang it in 
your sitting-room, and you will have something that 
will be admired by all, as it looks very much like 
wax-work. Amelia. 
Ornamenting Flower Pots—Imitation of Jap¬ 
anese Inlaid Work. —A method of ornamenting 
common pots, and one wfithin the power of every 
one to accomplish, is by means of various colored 
autumn leaves, with a few gilt ornaments and 
some strips of plain gilded paper, such as is sold by 
the yard. The surface is painted ebony black and 
varnished, polished with pumice-stone and revarnished 
until smooth and even ; the leaves, which should have 
been pressed perfectly flat, are then covered with 
mucilage (or very thin white glue) and pressed upon 
the surface in the place designed, using care to arrange 
the colors and sizes so as to form a pleasing and taste¬ 
ful combination; put two or more rows along the 
upper edge, then a garland of tiny leaves, then 
another band of gold. This forms a beautiful border 
for the top. Have a soft napkin to hold and press 
each piece in place until firmly fixed. When finished 
paint w'ith a coat of isinglass size, w'hen dry varnish 
w'ith copal. The appearance of this work w'hen 
completed is exceedingly fine. Chintz, or the pictures 
used for Potiehomanie work a number of figures, 
scenes and devices, such as we see upon Chinese work, 
w'hen entirely covered (filling in w'ith tiny bees, bugs, 
flies, leaves and odd devices); varnish with demar 
varnish. Another beautiful mode to imitate the Chi¬ 
nese style is to paint the ground black, and obtaining 
the gold and black figures used in Potiehomanie fasten 
them upon the surface in the manner before described. 
A large piece, such as a pagoda with boat, figures, 
houses, &c.; then scattered over the surface the 
small separate figures, with a border around the edges. 
Flowers. —For a rose, take a piece of w'ire for the 
stem any length desired, take a small button and 
fasten to the end of the wire, use paper cambric, pink 
and w'hite is the nicest for leaves, cut out twelve pieces 
of cambric, three different sizes, having four in each 
Star Frames.— Very pretty 
frames are made with stars made 
from paper. I will not describe 
them here, as some reader of the 
Cabinet has already given their 
description. First make your 
frame the shape of a box, then 
put two rows of stars in the bot¬ 
tom of the frame and on each of 
the four sides, then in the centre 
of gray cord at the sides prevents the papers in the j make a cross of your stars; they are to be set on black 
pocket from falling out. Pinked ruchings of merino, ■ paper, or most anything black will do. I painted 
and gray yarn cord and tassels, arranged in the man- paper black for mine. Now' fasten your glass with 
ner the illustration indicates, completes the decoration strips of cardboard on the frame w'ith material to 
