SILK- WINDER IN THE
SHAPE
OF A STAR .
BY MRS. JANE WEAVER.
THESE winders are meant to show how to wind cotton or silk in the shape of a star. Take two pieces of cardboard one inch and threequarters square, pasted one over the other in such a manner as to form a star pattern with eight branches, as can be seen in No. 1. Insert into these eight pins, (see No. 2 ; ) these pins are meant to fasten the windings of the cotton, and ornament the star in the center with a colored wafer, or point Russe embroidery pattern. Begin to wind the cotton at the place marked a; continue to wind it from No. 2, always four
times double ; follow the order of the letters-that is, wind four times from a to b, carry the thread on the wrong side from 6 to c, wind four times from c to d, then four times from e to f, and so on. When you have come back again to a, repeat as before till the cardboard is covered , as can be seen in No. 1. The cotton is then fastened on the wrong side. These winders make exceedingly pretty frames for small photograph pictures, done in brown cotton ; the imitation of Walnut is quite good.
WORK- BASKET . BY MRS . JANE WEAVER. MATERIALS. -A basket, red and white cloth, white medallion is sewn down with button-hole black velvet, black, white, gold and red purse- stitches taken in black silk at prolonged intersilk, maroon ribbon, No. 4. (The pattern is the vals. A line of gold silk in back stitches folcolored one in the front of the number. ) To lows the contour of the medallion . The aramake this original- looking receptacle for either work or keys first procure a basket of the required form, line it with quilted , red silk, and proceed to decorate it outside with four lambrequins, as illustrated in colored engraving. The lambrequin is cut out of maroon or red cloth, and a medallion of white cloth is pasted in the center. A griffin is cut out of black velvet, and pasted in the center of the white medallion, the edges being sewn down with neat, invisible stitches taken in fine black sewing- silk. The
besques are produced by chain- stitches taken with black silk, and the dots are French knots in white silk. These four decorated pieces of cloth are arranged on the outside of the basket in their respective places, and a quilling of maroon colored ribbon is added at the top; bows decorate the ends of the handle, and some of the ribbon is wrapped around it. This may be made in a variety of colors-a combination of blue and black, red and gray, yellow and black ; any of these combinations will be found pretty. 303
