HOME DECORATIONS. 
Designs for Tinsel, Darned and Drawn Work. 
Tinsel work is very beautiful for piano scarfs, but 
the usual shape of these is such that the embroidery 
seems almost lost, particularly for an upright piano, 
as the ends only are embroidered. Therefore a pretty 
idea is to cut the scarf with a piece to fall over the 
front of the piano as well as the ends, embroidering this 
piece also, and the effect is much prettier. 
Plush is the handsomest material for the purpose, 
although others can be used if preferred. 
The scarfs are always lined with satin or canton 
flannel of contrasting color. Two short loops of silk 
The fruit is first worked with worsted, drawing the 
stitches from one side to the other of each Cherry, and 
working them over and over several times until a little 
cushion is formed. 
Thread an ordinary needle with sewing-silk the color 
of the plush, knot the end of the silk and draw it through 
the plush from the under side to the face on one side of 
a Cherry. Then fasten at this place one end of the tin¬ 
sel, sewing it down securely with the needle and silk. 
The tinsel must then be laid over the worsted Cherry 
and caught dowm with sewing-silk on the opposite 
side. 
Do not, on any account, try to draw the tinsel through 
Design for Drawn Work. 
oord, the color of the plush, should be sewed to the 
back of the cover, and two brass-headed nails driven in 
the back of the piano where no injury can be done, and 
by placing the loops over the nails the cover will be 
held nicely in place, otherwise the work is so heavy that 
the cover is apt to slip. 
The embroidery is not difficult, and is very beau¬ 
tiful. 
The flowers or fruit, whichever the design may be 
composed of, are raised, but the leaves and most of the 
stems are worked with arrasene or chenille. 
Designs of fruit are very popular at present, and one 
of Cherries, with a few of the white blossoms inter¬ 
mingled, is very beautiful. 
The blossoms are worked with white arrasene shaded 
with light gi ev, the stamens with yellow. 
the plush, as this would ruin it, but lay it over the Cherry 
from side to side until the fruit is entirely covered, 
catching it down at each place with silk as directed. 
The fine stems of the fruit and blossoms are also 
marked with the tinsel, which is laid along the stem and 
caught down with silk. 
The leaves are worked with the different shades of 
green arrasene, and the stems with two shades of 
brown. 
Oranges, Grapes, or fruits of various kinds, can be used 
for design, also flowers, but the leaves are always of 
arrasene or chenille. 
The work is exceedingly rich and beautiful, and the 
tinsel is inexpensive, as it can be purchased for twenty 
cents a ball, in which there are several yards. 
There is a variety of colors, such as gold, copper, 
