GLASS
BEAD- BORDERS.- CROCHET LACE.
THIS is worked on canvas, the leaves of the star being in three different kinds of white beads. The center row of leaves is in the clear, transparent white, the second row is in the opal, or milky white, and the outer row is in the opaque. The leaves are worked by threading strings of beads, the length of the leaf diverging from the center, where they will lie one over the other, and thus produce a rich raised leaf, which has a handsome effect when they are all completed. The different kinds of beads keeping the rows of leaves distinct and clear add much to the appearance of the work. The small center on which the hook is fixed is worked in Berlin wool, either scarlet, green, blue, or any color which may correspond with
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the general furniture. The intervals between the leaves at the outer edge must also be filled in with the same wool. When the ornamental part of the work is completed, a true circle, the right size, must be cut in a firm cardboard, and the canvas evenly stretched over. The back must be lined with silk, either white or the same color as the ground, and the edge finished with a cord. Another way of working the same star may be adopted if preferred, and that is to substitute crimson velvet for the canvas, which has a very pretty effect with the white beads, and saves the trouble of filling in the ground. In this case it will not require the cord at the edge, as the velvet will turn over. It is suspended by a loop of ribbon with a bow at top.
BEAD - BORDERS . BY MRS . WARREN.
In the front of this number we give three beautiful patterns for glass bead- borders. They are numbered 4, 5, and 6. In the February number we gave three other patterns, numbered 1, 2, and 3. These six borders are suitable for a variety of purposes. No. 1 is particularly adapted for the sides of a foot-stool. If not deep enough, they could be easily made so by adding a few more rows of beads, in rows of alternate colors, and would look well to be finished with fringe No. 1 or 3. Nos. 2, 5, and 6 will make very beautiful sides for toilet or
glove-boxes. The centers of any of the mats are well adapted for the tops, and may be made to any size required. The best way is to make a cardboard box of the proper size, and work the beads to the size to match, and stitch the bead- work upon it by passing the needle carefully between the beads ; afterward to line the box, to hide the stitches. Nos. 3 and 4 may be made into bracelets ; and if the colors are chosen to correspond with the trimmings of the dress , they have a very beautiful and rich appearance.
CROCHET
LACE .
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER.
