HOME DECORATIONS. 
Design for Table Scarf. 
Cut Stitch Embroidery. 
This is a Dew and fascinating stitch in embroidery, 
used, however, with better effect in flowers of a feathery 
nature, such as Golden-rod, Sumac or Carnations. 
These can be imitated so perfectly that the flowers seem 
as though laid on the cloth. The foliage is embroidered 
in the Kensington stitch with crewels, the high lights 
worked in with silks, or silks may be used for the 
leaves and stems, and omit the crewels. The flowers 
are to be embroidered according to the foUowing direc¬ 
tions : The petals are first covered with the knot stitch, 
which is done with crewel the color of the flower to be 
copied. The directions for this stitch are given more 
fully in the April number of the Cabinet, 1882, and by 
it s mall raised knots form the foundation for the cut 
stitch. The flower is to be covered quite closely with 
the knots, and finish on the wrong side by taking one 
or two plain stitches. It is then ready for the cut stitch. 
For this a bone or steel knitting-needle, about the size 
round of a match, will be required. Thread a worsted 
needle with filling silk, and knot one end of it; draw it 
through the material to the side on which the knots 
have been worked, then remove the needle, leaving the 
silk hanging loose. Place the knitting-needle flat 
against the material, and as close as possible to the 
Manner of Working Cut-Stitch. 
place through which the silk has been drawn, and lay the 
silk over the needle to form a loop, as in the illustration 
given. Place the thumb on the silk, ahd hold it firmly 
until it has been securely fastened by sewing through 
two or three times with an ordinary needle threaded 
with sewing silk to match the color of the filling silk. 
When the loop is properly fastened in this way, draw 
the knitting needle from it, and place it close against 
the loop just finished. Proceed as before, until the 
whole flower is covered with the little loops, using 
different shades of silk necessary for shading the flower. 
After it has been entirely covered in this way, each 
loop is to be cut exactly through the middle with a 
sharp pair of scissors, and this produces the soft velvety 
appearance required. Should any of the strands be too 
long after cutting, they may easily be trimmed off te 
correspond with the rest. The effect, after it is finished, 
is very rich and'beautiful, and with a little practice the 
stitch is easily and rapidly worked. The design given 
