HOME DECORATIONS. 
Plush Stand. 
These little stands, to be covered with plush, can be 
purchased at almost any furniture store. The top is of 
pine wood, the legs are round, and of either light or 
dark wood, the color is of no consequence, however, as 
the whole frame is to be covered with plush, of which a 
good quality should be selected. The legs should be 
covered first, and this is done by cutting three strips the 
length of the legs, and to fit smoothly round, allowing 
sufficient for a small seam up the side where it will be 
least noticed. This seam is 
to be neatly hemmed with 
sewing-silk matching the 
color of the plush. Then 
tack the plush in three or 
four places to hold it to the 
top, and gather the lower 
edge which covers the foot 
of the legs, as you would a 
ruffle without the heading. 
Draw it very close, and sew 
it strongly. This will keep 
the covering perfectly 
smooth. The top should be 
covered next, the material 
is laid plainly on it. drawn 
smoothly over the edge and 
tacked all round the side. 
The lambrequin should be 
cut in one long piece of 
alternate scollops and square 
tabs, the lower edge of each 
tab to be pointed. Each 
scollop and tab is to be em¬ 
broidered with a pretty de¬ 
sign, using crewels and silk 
for the work. After the 
, embroidery is finished, line 
the lambrequin with silicia 
to match the plush. This is 
to be fastened round the 
edge of the table, and when 
putting in the tacks it should 
be done from the under side 
that the tack heads may not 
show. At each corner and 
on the points of the tabs a chenille tassel should be 
sewed. If the covering should be of olive color, a de¬ 
sign of poppies and grasses is very pretty for the em¬ 
broidery ; blue is also pretty -with roses and butterflies. 
A full bow of satin ribbon is tied where the legs cross, 
and any defect in covering, which is a little difficult in 
this part, is thus hidden. They are handsome for 
either drawing-room or library to hold some choice bit 
of statuary, or can be used for the daintiest of little 
work-stands. Felt or cloth may also be used with very 
good effect, shaping and embroidering the lambrequin 
the same as the plush. In this case, however, the legs 
may be covered, or not, according to choice. M. E. W. 
A Blotter. 
Select six Sheets of blotting-paper, each one a different 
color, and cut to fit them exactly two pieces of white or 
tinted bristol board. On these last paint in’ water- 
color two pretty designs. These are for the covers. 
Pierce a hole through the top and bottom of the leaves 
about half an iuch from the upper and lower edges. 
With gay ribbons tie them together, making a full bow 
and ends. They are very useful and pretty for the 
library table. Instead of a cover of bristol board, silk, 
satin, or plush, may be used, 
making them handsome and 
richer looking. In this case 
four pieces of card-board 
must be cut to match the 
size of the blotting-paper. 
Cover one side of each with 
the material to be used, and 
overhand each pair together. 
Place the blotting-paper be¬ 
tween the covers, as leaves 
in a book, and tie them to¬ 
gether with ribbons as de¬ 
scribed. The designs used 
may be of birds, flowers, 
figures or whatever may 
suggest itself to the mind as 
suitable or pretty for them. 
They are inexpensive little 
trifles, and find a very ready 
sale at fairs. 
M. E. Wiiittemore. 
Very pretty cradle quilts 
are made of pink foulard or 
sateen quilted in diamonds 
one inch in size, having it 
sufficiently large to hang 
over the sides of the cradle 
about six inches, and bor¬ 
dering with torchon lace. 
A dainty one was recently 
made of a square of fine 
white flannel on which were 
placed four strips of pale 
blue ribbon, two inches 
wide, fastened down with blue silkjjin point-russe, and 
a row of feather-stitch in white silk worked upon the 
ribbon to border each edge, while on the flannel strips 
were embroidered clusters of forget-me-nots and violets. 
Lace three inches wide bordered the quilt. 
Silk book-covers, ornamented with the initials of the 
owner, are very pretty and serviceable when made of 
black silk and embroidered with gold. 
Japanese Plaque. 
Select four Japanese fans, those that open and close, 
two blue and two crimson. Remove the rivets which 
Plush Stand. 
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