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THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET. 
two on the top for a handle. Gild with liquid gilding, or 
if preferred, leave the twigs their natural color and simply 
varnish them. Line the box with material corresponding 
in color with the worsted to be used for the cushion cover. 
Knit a square with split zephyr in loop-stitch ; that is, knit 
one row plain and in the next row wind the zephyr four 
times around two fingers and knit in, thus making a long 
full loop with each stitch ; the next row must be knit in 
plain, stitch and the one following again in loops, alter¬ 
nating them in this way until you have a piece large 
enough to cover the top of the holder. Fill the holder 
with curled hair and sew the cover over it. E. S. W. 
Cover for Upright Piano. 
A N exceedingly pretty design for an upright piano 
cover is given in our illustration. 
The material for the cover should be deep garnet plush 
to any material, and if afterwards desired for other uses, 
taken off and reapplied. They have no raw edges to be 
concealed and all that is necessary to fasten them, is to 
sew them down with sewing-silk through the work, and 
they have the appearance of being embroidered directly 
on the material. The designs are composed mostly of 
roses, pansies, pelargoniums and pond-lilies, with leaves 
and buds ; the blossoms usually are formed of velvet or 
plush, and the leaves and stems embroidered with arra- 
sene. 
After the panels are decorated, line the front as well as 
the scarf-shaped strip, with satine the same color as the 
cover; overhand the edges together and sew a fancy 
cord around them, and over the threads which mark 
out the panels; sew a plush tassel on each point. The 
ends of the cover are left straight, and may be embroi¬ 
dered to correspond with the front, if desired, and should 
be decorated with the plush tassels. E. Welch. 
Design for Piano Cover. 
or velveteen, which can now be obtained in such good 
qualities as to be very desirable for decorative purposes 
and for many uses supersedes plush, as it is much less 
expensive and wears well. The top is cut in a straight 
scarf just the width of the piano top, and long enough to 
hang over the ends a little deeper than the embroidered 
front, which is made separately and joined to it after it 
has been embroidered and lined. A strip of the material 
about ten inches wide will be required for the front, and 
one edge should be cut in large points which are formed 
into diagonal panels by extending the cord which is used 
to finish the edge. To outline these panels, lay a ruler on 
the material from the point to a few inches above, and 
. run in on the line thus formed a white basting thread, to 
serve as a mark until you are ready to sew the cord in 
place. 
Embroider some pretty design on each panel or 
decorate them with applique sprigs, which can be ob¬ 
tained already embroidered. These sprigs, by-the-way, 
make beautiful decorations where heavy embroidery is 
suitable, and as they are embroidered on crinoline foun¬ 
dation, which is afterward cut away, they can be applied 
Case for Table Linen and Cutlery. 
W HILE calling upon a friend who lives in an apart¬ 
ment house, she had occasion to go to the china 
closets, which are small and occupy two corners of the 
dining-room. My attention was immediately attracted 
to some very convenient and useful things for any one 
who is limited as to room. On the inside of one door 
hung two cases for holding knives and forks, on the other 
door, a holder for table- cloth and napkins. 
The cases for knives and forks were the same only in 
length, and were made out of dark cardinal cotton flan¬ 
nel. Cut it the width you can conveniently hang on your 
door, measure about twice and a half the length of your 
knives, and double it up from the bottom nearly as deep 
as your knife—after hemming both top and bottom—and 
stitch in rows about an inch apart, or so that the knife 
will slip in easily. If that makes more places than you 
wish for knives, you can make some of them fwo inches 
apart, to put in tablespoons. Sew three or four brass or 
steel rings to the top and screw into the door as many 
brass or steel hooks (which you can buy at the hardware- 
