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Show large pieces of brass which will come out of the centre of each oblong need not be wasted, but can be cut Into strips for small pictures. Lay the brass covets on the cretonne foundation aud fasten in place with the brass fasteners. fasten-ers. Then turn back the cretonne on the inblde to form tho pockets and overhand together. Finally bend down the edges of tho brass over tho foundation foun-dation like a hem. Tho fastcucra do not mar tho appearance of the cover, but rather add to its attractiveness. The long edges of the strip of brass, -Vj b.v inches, are cut In scallops ,i inch deep, and It Is then fastened vertically do?n the centre of tho cover, the bras3 being bent over tho foundation founda-tion top and bottom and a fasener placed In tho centre of each scallop. If ono has a box of water colors at TO MAKE ATJ10ME Gifts for Birthdays and All Occasion Passepartonting in Brass THE averago person .Iocs not realize real-ize the malleability of brans that the thlnne-U of tho sheet form Is no thicker than drawing paper and may easily be cut with n ordinary pair of scissors. This Is tho quality desirable for passepartoul Ing 3U or 31 gauge, as It Is technically known It can be bought by the foot. In widths varying from S to 15 Inches, at any largo hardwaro store. After one has purchased a few f.;et of hra?s, I ho only tools and accessories required are a email awl, three or four dozen pmall fcraaa fastoncra (the kind with a nail head and a split shank), and a bottle each of cleansing fluid and brass larquer, all of which may now be obtained ob-tained In any department store. The "folder," which ii a part of tho brap.s-plercing brap.s-plercing outfits, but which may bo bought separately, will bo found convenient, con-venient, although not absolutely neccs-Bary. neccs-Bary. Just when is the best lime to do tbc Polishing is hard to decide. Probablv tho easiest way Is to give tho sheet of brass a thorough cleaning before It is cut Into strips, and then later, after the articles are finished, the passepartout passe-partout may bo given a little final polishing pol-ishing and the lacquer applied care-tul care-tul y, so that It will not stain itie material ma-terial on which the bras is applied. After the sheet of brass has bud n thorough cleaning, mark off lulo strips varying m width from inch to J Inches, according to tho u. to o made Photographs and postal cards, ri inch Is a good width ; 1 inch or v Inch will look. well ou jarj,,,,. ri.in- A), ono ha to do is to cut strips the lencth ?l f"aC- .SUJ "f lh,t I'lfliiro. old trough the. middle and bind o-, tho edges f th Irt,iro. To seo.-re It punch holes though tho brass pUs-s the shanks of the fasteners through and divide and bend them over on the underside, un-derside, it is advisable to lay a piece of cardboard, trimmed to the Fame size, back of the picture, binding both together to-gether with tho brass. A piece of transparent celluloid, placed over tho face of the picture beforo binding, will protect It Instead of ordinary glass. The strips should bo accurately measured mea-sured to length and cut. the ends of the top and lnttom pieces straight across and of Ihe sides in a miter or oblique lino. In binding, the mitcred end Is laid over the straight and tho fastener goes through both A fine biass chain for banging the pieture reay be attached at-tached nt the ,:t::i to two oi' tho fnrt-eners. fnrt-eners. The bra-:; binding mains an ef-f'dive ef-f'dive framlug for kodak piints or post cards. . They will Kni' best ) mounted on p-nor'nr cnvrl r"d a nar-r.ln nar-r.ln allow d. There i; cniii i.-ra'iio valid va-lid v of colors in h'-nvy paper but tho pr'. .cs must bi i.ivfe.l oul.- at Ihe cor-ner-- th" pap- r v. Ill bii'dcle If ti.cy ::: e parted Pat as tiny riv h-i on ca-d-hiard,, In Ihe frame illustrated three ! kodak pi!nls In h-ownldi tones w.-re piKird lovcp'a priper. The brass ?'riT3 for the top and but torn were cut wide enough to allow for a simple cut-out design to be made at the centr, the remainder re-mainder of the strip being trimmed to tho same width as the sides. Two sizes of fasteners were used. The arrangement ar-rangement and grouping of tho fasteners fast-eners may be made a part of the decorative deco-rative scheme. For Candle Shades. P.rass passepartout Is valuable In making candle shades, as It is stiff enough to bold tho shade in thapc. and tbervfore admits of the u-e uf flimsy materials A pair seen recently In the ppartmenl of an artistically ineliuod bachelor would be .appropriate as prlzrs or decorations for a card party They were of Mexican grafs r loth, and I'oiir-sl.kd In shape. '1 be binding top a.'jd bottom was brass passepartout rnd the seams of the. shado were ; Jid.Kd with it On c.arh of the four of the shade a medallion fa-h- j i( r.'-d from a p'aying card was pasted, t To ii'a'.o i bo nie.ia"!i..n, soak th" play- in;; cards In hoi. waf.-r. Most cards ate ; ma.lo of three-plv pasteboard, and the j bath In hot water enables cue to separate sep-arate the lavers, and Ihus do away villi the decoration on the back of the , card and al.o make a medallion thin enough for the light to penetiate. Tho part of the card which 13 to bo used should be placid iu a book between sheets of blotting paper to dry. A Cheap Dook Cover. Tre foundation may bo of any suitable material. In this case it was flowered French cretonne, the cover being intended for a book of poems. To make a cover for a book J!i inches by S inches cut a strip of cretonne 8 inches by IS Inches This allows fur 3-Inch tournbaeks to make pockets into which to slip tho backs of the book Then cut three pieces of hra:-s, ono a strip 8Vi inches loug by -V Inches wide, and tho other two ea'-h inches b S!j Inches. On three sides of each of" theso two oblong pieces (ono of tho longer sides and the two shorter ides) draw a lino i inch back froln the cdg On these lines the brass Is to be folded over the cre-lonno cre-lonno to form a turn-under. Now draw on each oblong tho simple curves which form the Inner edge of the fkejeton brass covers and cut out with an old pair of scissors. Tho rather baud, a line of black on the cretonne just inside of the brass will bo effective. effec-tive. The cretonne may bo uuderlaid with stiff paper to give It firmness. Cut leather boxes, blotter tops, shaving shav-ing pad covers, etc, are beautiful If bound with brass, and It alio combines com-bines well w ith stenciled linen or crash in tho making of Innumerable ob-iecLi. |