. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. nd varieties;strawberries, of exaggerated size;pears and peaches, can all be re-produced in velvet and silk for atrifling outlay of time and strawberry and tomatoshapes should be filled with em-ery for needles. The pumpkin fig. cushion, shown on another page in this chapter, may also be made in amuch reduced size, covered with yellow velvet and filled with emery. INFANTS CRIB coverlets are appropriately made from-flannel, eider down flannel,or lighter fabrics, as silk and merino, but in such cases they must be lightly wadded
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. nd varieties;strawberries, of exaggerated size;pears and peaches, can all be re-produced in velvet and silk for atrifling outlay of time and strawberry and tomatoshapes should be filled with em-ery for needles. The pumpkin fig. cushion, shown on another page in this chapter, may also be made in amuch reduced size, covered with yellow velvet and filled with emery. INFANTS CRIB coverlets are appropriately made from-flannel, eider down flannel,or lighter fabrics, as silk and merino, but in such cases they must be lightly wadded andlined. There are vari-ous pretty methodsof decorating thesecoverlets. The edgesmay be either boundwith ribbon, or scal-loped, and workedwith a heavy button-hole stitch with washtwist silk, and insidethis border a scat-tered design offlowers over the en-tire surface is theprettiest and mostsimple method ofmaking up. The il-FiG. 233. lustration, figure 233, shows a coverlet of heavy white flannel, having a design of daisies scat-16. 228 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. tercd over the surface, worked in heavy satin stitch with white wash twistsilk. The edges are bound with white satin ribbon. Carnations, buttercups,forget-me-nots, and miniature morning glories are all suitable designs forthis purpose. TABLE much depends upon the size of the table, the place it is to occupy,the purpose it is to serve that it is hard to give, in general terms, directionsfor making up table covers. Small tables having well finished legs oi
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