. Godey's lady's book . The varieties are infinite, andvases, baskets, and jars may be filled with ones are beautiful upon green lamp-shades. They are easily made, and occupyfingers and taste without becoming tedious. 496 godeys ladys book and magazine. CARD PURSE, m EMBROUILLEMENT. AN ENTIRELY NEW STYLE OF WORK FOR LADIES, FIRST GIVEN IN THE LADYS BOOK. Materials.—Three skeins of dark greencourse silk, two strings of goldbeads, twelve small rings, three silk tas-sels, three-quarter silk cord. Take a piece of card ten and ahalf inches by six. Mark on theside which measures si
. Godey's lady's book . The varieties are infinite, andvases, baskets, and jars may be filled with ones are beautiful upon green lamp-shades. They are easily made, and occupyfingers and taste without becoming tedious. 496 godeys ladys book and magazine. CARD PURSE, m EMBROUILLEMENT. AN ENTIRELY NEW STYLE OF WORK FOR LADIES, FIRST GIVEN IN THE LADYS BOOK. Materials.—Three skeins of dark greencourse silk, two strings of goldbeads, twelve small rings, three silk tas-sels, three-quarter silk cord. Take a piece of card ten and ahalf inches by six. Mark on theside which measures six inches sixsquares, the size shown in diagramNo. 1, and on the side that mea-sures ten and a half inches. Mark12 spaces the same size, leave amargin on three sides of a quarterof an inch, rule the whole of thecard across, and you will then have72 squares; then rule diagonal linesfrom side to side after the mannershown in the diagram No. 2. Oneither side of the long way of thecard cut a notch at every square. No. Sew the card up round, foldingit over on to the margin which isnot notched. Take the purse silkand make a slip noose, and pass itround the two notches marked 1and 2, pull it tight, and bring theend out at notch 1, and pass it downthe perpendicular line to the onemarked 13; passing it inside andout again at 24; then up the lineto 2, inside and out at 3, and downagain to 23, and so on till the whole of the per-pendicular lines are covered, with the exceptionof the line at 14. Then pass the silk along thediagonal line from 14 to 6, pass the silk insideto 7, and across to 13, out at 24, from thence toNo. 8, and so on, till you have crossed all thediagonal lines, ending at 15 ; pass inside andout at 16, returning across to 4, out at 5, thenacross to 15 ; and so on, till the whole of thelines are covered, ending at 17. Then pass it
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