The material used may be of either black cloth or 
velvet. A design of flowers is to be embroidered on the 
toe, allowing the vines and tendrils to nm along the 
sides, and these may be embroidered with silk or che- 
nflle. If with sUk, that which comes in shaded skeins 
is most convenient, as the needlesfull can be cut to give 
either hght or dark, whichever may be.required. A 
very simple method of transferring the design to the 
material, is to lay over the pictme to be copied a piece 
of tracing paper, which can be procured for the trifling 
sum of three or fom- cents at any store where arti^’ 
materials are for sale. With a moderately soft pencil 
draw the exact outb'ne of the design, taking care that 
the paper should not slip; when this drawing is finished 
tom the tracing paper, and draw over the outline with 
soft white crayon. This must now be laid on the velvet, 
the crayon side down. Keep it firmly in place, which 
can ea^y be done by laying the velvet and tracing- 
paper on a board, and pin to the board, this will keep it 
from moving. Draw, over the outline again wdth a 
moderately soft pencil. When the entire design has been 
traced, lift the paper off of the velvet, and a faint white 
crayon outline will be left on the velvet. This will mb 
very easily and the tracing be lost, so care must be taken 
that it is not nibbed. With a fine camel’s hair brush, 
and some Chinese white moistened with water, outline 
the design again. Let it dry, and it will be ready to be¬ 
gin the embroidery. The design given is of pink roses, 
and blue forget-me-nots, with green leaves. Variety 
may be given by using the different shades of green, 
such as blue-green, biwvn, and yellow-green. 
O’ke of the prettiest designs we have seen for a fire¬ 
screen was a couple of hoUyhook stalks painted or em¬ 
broidered upon black satin, and set in an ebony frame. 
The effect of the green leaves and pale-pink blossoms, 
with a bright-hued butterfly hovering pver, was in 
charming contrast -with the dense black ground-work. 
' Figures out from cretonne and gracefully gi'ouped 
make very desirable ornamentations for screens, and 
"liave the advantage of being rapidly and easily done, as 
they can be fastened on with simply a button-hole stitch, 
using rather fine silk; or more elaborately, treating the 
cretonne merely as a design and guide to color, and 
covering almost entirely with embroidery silk. 
