FOOT- CUSHION. BY MRS . JANE WEAVER.
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MATERIALS.-Red cashmere, black ribbon velvet half an inch broad, red calico lining, sixteen dozen of little raised wooden buttons, lining, etc. This cushion is of an octagon shape, and has on both sides a plait of cashmere strips and black velvet. The strips of cashmere are one inch broad, and are laid over thick paper half an inch broad, with the open stuff edges sewn together in such a manner that the seam lies along the middle underneath. The breadth of the velvet ribbon must correspond with the cashmere strips. The plaiting may be easily worked from the design. The length of the strips must be regulated bythe size ofthe cushion. The outer arched surface of our model, when stuffed with horsehair, measures twenty inches in diameter ; each side of the octagon measures eight inches in length . A plain edge, two inches high, joins the two outer parts of the cushion , which is lined with a firm lining. When stuffed,, mere-the outer one is eighteen inches long it is covered with a red lining, and the plaited and two and a half broad, the inner one nine work is placed over that. The seam is hidden inches long and one and a quarter broad. by a plain red piece of cashmere. The seam of Each strip is sewn together separately, folded the plain stuff edge is hidden on each side by in half, quilled in a single quilling, and drawn twelve little buttons covered with red cashmere, round. In the center is a button covered with and rosettes are placed at the corners. Each velvet and ornamented with beads. This is rosette consists of two straight strips of cash- { both neat and pretty. 229
