. Godey's lady's book . VULUS. Cut a circle in pasteboard exactly sixteeninches in diameter. Make with a punch asmall hole exactly in the centre. Make twelvemarks on the edge of the card, at preciselyeven distances one from the other, and passtwelve pieces of wire through the hole, overthe edge of the card, and through the holeagain, at exactly the places marked. You havethus twelve sides of wire, perfectly regular. Fasten these wires firmly together, and cut atthe ends. Take yellow zephyr, attach an end to thewires at the hole in the card, pass this worstedround each wire once, back, and roun
. Godey's lady's book . VULUS. Cut a circle in pasteboard exactly sixteeninches in diameter. Make with a punch asmall hole exactly in the centre. Make twelvemarks on the edge of the card, at preciselyeven distances one from the other, and passtwelve pieces of wire through the hole, overthe edge of the card, and through the holeagain, at exactly the places marked. You havethus twelve sides of wire, perfectly regular. Fasten these wires firmly together, and cut atthe ends. Take yellow zephyr, attach an end to thewires at the hole in the card, pass this worstedround each wire once, back, and round thenext, till you make the circle. Make eightrows in this way. Fasten on white worstedby slipping it under one of the yellow rounds,and make six circles of white ; then fasten onpale pink, make three rows, then three of adeeper pink, then three still deeper, two againof the second shade, and then two of the light-est. Fasten off the zephyr, take the wire, andbend it to form a bow or cup-like flower, likethe Take six light green pistils, and, passing WORK DEPARTMENT. 393 them through the base of the flower, attachthem to a wire nine inches long; then finishby twisting green zephyr round this wire toform the stem. Blue or violet may be used instead of pink,if preferred, or the bouquet can contain one ofeach color. ANEMONE. The anemone is formed of four pink petals,exactly alike. These are made in the sameway as the yellow ones of the pansy—that is,two inches long and two inches wide at thebroadest part.
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