THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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and cardinal, gold and green. Brown will also contrast 
prettily with gold. Crewels may be used instead of 
silk, although in that case the embroidery will present a 
heavier appearance. 
They can be hung on poles or cornices, whichever 
may be most convenient, although poles are almost 
invariably used. 
The curtains are very pretty if made with a border of 
darned work, and, for design, sprays of autumn leaves 
can be arranged with good effect, embroidering each 
spray with different colored silks, cardinal, gold, brown, 
and green. Draw the stitches from point to stem of the 
leaf, and then darn back and forth through the silk 
stitches only from side to side of each leaf, as in 
darning a stocking, but do not let the stitches sew 
through the material. Then outline each leaf round 
the edge with the same color in chain-stitch. This 
shows each leaf in solid color on the light ground. 
A straight line of herring-bone stitch on the inside of 
the border, dividing it from the groundwork of the 
curtain, gives a pretty finish. They have somewhat 
the appearance of the Madras curtains now so much 
used, and as the work is not at all difficult, one feels 
well repaid when the pretty drapery is hung at the 
windows. 
A pretty design for a whisk-brush rack is in the shape 
of a large palette, which is covered with plush. 
Cut from stiff pasteboard two palettes. Cover the 
piece intended for the face with plush, blue, or any 
shade which is pleasing. Cover the remaining piece 
with silk or silicia the color of the plush, and over¬ 
hand the pieces together with silk the same shade. Tie 
through the hole in the palette a satin ribbon two inches 
wide, allowing it to form a loop with full ’ bow and 
ends. 
A strip of pasteboard three and a half inches wide, 
and rather longer than the palette is broad, should be 
covered on both sides with plush. This is sewed at each 
side of the palette, letting it bow slightly in the middle 
that the brush may be slipped in and held in place. On 
the strap a design can be painted or embroidered, or 
should these not be possible, a group of flowers selected 
from scrap-book pictures can be pasted on. the strap 
with quite pretty effect. They are easily, made, and 
will prove themselves convenient little articles. 
M. E. Whittemore. 
Lamp-Shade Cover and Card Receiver, 
A very pretty and simple way to make a cover for a 
lamp-shade is shown in the accompanying design. The 
materials required are torchon lace, garnet satin ribbon 
and small plush balls. To find the needed lengths of 
ribbon and lace, measure around the bottom of the 
shade and allow for each three inches more than the 
exact measurement. Run the lace neatly on the edge 
of the ribbon and sew together. Shirr the ribbon three- 
quarters of an inch from the upper edge, leaving the 
shirr string long enough to tie underneath and fasten 
the balls on the lace, as shown in the illustration. Em¬ 
broider all the solid parts of the lace with embroidery- 
silk corresponding in color with the ribbon used. 
Among the many card receivers in use at the present 
time, the one I am about to describe deserves a promi¬ 
nent place, as it can be made with so little expense and 
yet is very ornamental and useful. The materials re¬ 
quired are reeds (which you will find at a harness- 
makers), panama canvas, brown silk and brown satin 
ribbon. To make the frame, cut four pieces of reed, 
each twelve inches in length, notching them one and 
one-half inches from the bottom, and two and a half 
from the top ; and for the ring, cut a piece twenty-one 
