MAT
WITH
FEATHER
EDGE .
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER .
MATERIALS . Small pheasant's, peacock's, or quarters of an inch of the outer edge. Then hen's feathers ; green velvet, goffered ribbon take a strip of gauze cut crosswise about two or braid ; glazed calico, pasteboard, etc. inches and a half broad, sew the two ends together, and then sew it firmly round the outer edge of the pasteboard, and turn it back upon the edge of the pasteboard, so that the edge is inward, consequently does not show where it was joined to the pasteboard. For the feather part, take the feathers and place them in lines closely upon each other, sticking the quills in the gauze, commencing half an inch from the outer edge of the gauze. The feathers must lie reversed, so that the last lie upon the back. Our small cut gives a portion of the gauze stripe covered with feathers in the proper size. Cover the space of half an inch all round, and gum Cut a round piece of cardboard. Cover the the quills together ; then gum one or two lines under side with green glazed calico, and the of feathers, with the ends cut very short, upon upper side with velvet ; the latter within three- the right side, without sticking them through 385
