NEEDLE - CASE OF PERFORATED CARDBOARD . BY MRS . JANE WEAVER.
MATERIALS.-Medium-sized perforated cardboard, colored silk, and sewing-silk to match. Cut six pieces of cardboard of equal size, and ornament two of these for a cover with colored silk stitches, according to No. 1. The other
must be cut out according to the design ; a few silk stitches are placed here and there to keep them firm. Each of these separate parts must be lined with colored silk, which must be previously sewn on the upper side only. They are then sewn to the large outer parts on the long sides with stripes of button-hole stitch at very small distances, forming afterward a moveable 124
four, which are ornamented with a narrow border, are represented in No. 2. Then, for the inside, cut six pieces of cardboard the same breadth and one-third shorter. In these, which are fastened on afterward, are placed the papers of needles. The outer part is ornamented with a narrow border of silk stitches, and the numbers placed upon them, for which the types
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hinge. The closed case is seen in No. 3 in the proper size ; three eyes are placed, and a double silk cord, with , tassels, is drawn through to fasten it.
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CAP- BAG.
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER.
THIS bag is ten inches square, ornamented The pattern may be easily worked from the with cross- stitches of dark-red Berlin wool design. Two triangles of thick covered hatworked over a square of four threads, with a wire forming together a square, and measuring thread of the same color underneath. The eight inches, must be fastened at the back of trellis-work foundation in the squares, and the the embroidery, which measures an inch more stars in loose stitches , are worked with single ; all round. the largest ones, however, are worked with The side of the bag measures eleven inches ; double Berlin wool. and at the upper part is a running to admit 149
