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Mantel Drapery. 
on the cloth, and buttonhole round the edges with silk, 
thus holding them securely to the felt. The stems 
must then be worked in with silk. 
The design upon the lambrequin should extend about 
half way down, and just below it, work a straight 
border of herring-bone stitch with silk, the light shade 
of gold color used for the buttercups, which is a pretty 
design, as the yellow flowers contrast prettily with the 
crimson background. 
The cloth below this line of stitching should be cut to 
form the fringe, each strand not more than a quarter of 
an inch wide, and deep 
enough to almost meet 
the line of herring-bone 
which forms a heading 
for it. 
A second and separate 
fringing of felt corre¬ 
sponding exactly with 
that already described is 
then cut, and sewed be¬ 
neath the first to give it 
a fuller and heavier ap¬ 
pearance. 
The lambrequin should 
be lined with a stiff ma¬ 
terial such as buckram, 
or linen duck, to hold 
it out smoothly. 
The edge is then turned 
in, and tacked to the 
mantelpiece with brass¬ 
headed nails, and the 
work is finished. These 
lambrequins are exceed¬ 
ingly pretty, and will 
repay one for the very slight cost and trouble involved 
in making them. M. E. Whittemore. 
A Lamp Mat. 
Pretty lamp mats can be made in a sort of mosaic 
work, using for the purpose scraps of colored velvet, 
or plush, and arranging them on a piece of linen duck, 
or canvas. 
The shape may be as one fancies. The scraps of plush 
or velvet are then arranged in such a way that 
the colors shall contrast 
well with each other. 
Baste the pieces, to hold 
them in place, and catch 
them together with fancy 
stitches, worked with gay 
embroidery silks and gold 
thread, and trim the edge 
with silk or chenille 
fringe. 
The design given is al¬ 
ternate sections of gold 
and crimson plush, each 
with embroidered figures 
upon it. That on the 
gold-colored plush is em¬ 
broidered with shaded 
crimson embroidery silk, 
on the crimson plush 
with gold thread. The 
joinings are all orna¬ 
mented with stitching of 
gold thread, and a gold, 
or silk chenille fringe fin¬ 
ishes the edge. M. E.W. 
Lamp Mat. 
