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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
two other places, as you will see on the old cover. Fold 
a narrow bias piece of silk, gather the edges together 
and fasten around the top, where the frame and stick 
meet, as a sort of tiny ruffle to hide any little gathers 
which have been caused by fastening to the frame. 
Slip down the metal cap, fasten it with the rivet, and 
the work is done. Mary L. Thayer. 
Memorandum Tablets. 
When a good variety of colors are chosen for the 
covers, these little aids to memory make very attract¬ 
ive and saleable articles for a fair, and they are so con¬ 
venient that every person can utilize one at least. To 
make them, cut from thin card-board two pieces three 
and one-half inches long and two and one-quarter in 
breadth, cover them with light blue satin on the out¬ 
side, and pink silk or satin inside for the lining. The 
outer cover should lap over, a quarter of an inch, or 
just wide enough for a narrow seam, so that the 
lining can be neatly blind-stitched to it. Sketch on one 
side a spray of Ti ailing Arbutus, commencing at the 
upper left hand corner as shown in the illustration. 
Embroider the design very delicately with fine em¬ 
broidery silk, making the flowers pink and white ; use 
shaded green for leaves, and the lightest shades of the 
same green for stems and flower centres. The crooked 
little letters on the left, forming the word “memor¬ 
anda ” are to be worked with gold silk. 
If painting is preferred to embroidery, use Chinese 
white with rose madder, for the flowers, aureolire, 
gamboge and Prussian blue for the leaves, and a very 
delicate shade of the same green for the stems. Ivory 
is used for the tablets, and can be procured at any 
place where artists’ materials are sold. It is not neces¬ 
sary to buy the sheets ; what is called “ivory scraps” 
can be obtained for a small outlay and answers just as 
well as it is not considered essential that all the tablets 
in one cover be of uniform size, and uneven edges are 
no objection as long as they do not protrude’beyond 
the edges of the cover. Still if one wishes them even, 
Spool Bag. 
they can be cut with a very sharp knife and a ruler, 
after soaking a few moments in water. Bore a hole .in 
each upper corner of the tablets, and through them 
run a narrow ribbon the ends of which must be sewed 
fast to the lining of the cover; this fastens the tablets 
and cover together. The piece at the top, through 
which the cord is put, is to be cut out of ivory and 
glued fast between covers at the end where the tablets 
are fastened ; a cord of gold silk tied in loops, as seen in 
the illustration, is fastened in the large hole at the top, 
or the covers can be fastened together by leaving the 
ribbon, which runs through the tablets, long enough 
to tie into two tiny bows after being attached to the 
covers. Two little loops of ribbon are sewed on one 
side in which to slip the pencil. 
Another way of making them, is to cut the cover 
from a thin piece of wood and paint on it some pretty- 
design, or they can be cut entirely of ivory and painted. 
If different colors of silk or satin are used with sprays 
of various small flowers, which contrast prettily with 
the color of the cover, a very attractive variety can be 
made. E. Hopkins. 
A Spool Bag. 
These convenient little bags are made of gros grain 
silk, using any shade which may be pleasing. Cut the 
material fourteen inches long, and six inches wide, 
turn a narrow hem down on each side, and across the 
ends, then stitch in the hem with the sewing machine, 
using silk to match the shade used for the bag. Turn 
up an inch and a-half across each end, and stitch to 
make three divisions or pockets, as receptacles for the 
spools; and on these embroider the numbers of the 
spools. 
Cut, for the needle-book, two pieces of white merino. 
