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Show fe V - 1THE CHRISTMAS 5 WORK BASKET' i Odd Bits of Fancy Work for Friends efcHBRB 6 n0 other Christmas sift , &y JBT which pleases n friend so much as a dainty bit of fancy ivork that SL has the elver's beet trishte iWifceS" ,ts every smc1:-. ?en,; tfti tills year the fashion la to have UEL dlt of the sort made by hand. FsTJUt fancy worker is planning s for the woman who LEever had instruction In this line ue. L nisLlme she should not lX "5 itor there Is no limit to ku. "lw V useful and ornamental irSfcrwffi &c cin fashion with little i . BU ifflcultv. Hero follows a de-ImjlKiotlon de-ImjlKiotlon of several up-to-dato plecep WfK work that are worthy of the lE5tIon ot both classes of women: 7. ftWp thins h,ch cvery mU1 a Z3 Ki every woman delights In Is a wr it-'KSrtfollo it-'KSrtfollo for the lap. It s easily Ifdr by cutting two stiff pieces of 2rtoard. each half the size of the "K board chosen for the portfolio. MLS pieces are laid In a row, and a Em of art linen, In a cool green, iV or blue tint, Is cut to lay over all 'Eft extend the width of a seam along ."Elides and more than .an Inch at "mch end A similar piece of prettily Kwercd cretonne or linen or satin, or Kr desired material, la cut the same iflA' Tnl3 lg for tne ouiside of the Wrtfoilo when It Is closed. Suppose Wc ,jcrorted piece to be In a rose Eden and green shades. ""Set the lids of the portfolio a quar-imr quar-imr of an Inch away from the sides of Re lap board and baste them in place lhl3 position. Turn In the edges Kl around and overscan! neatiy, or Jtad the edges with a narrow green ' ' flowered cover, edged with a frill, cut in the shape of half a diamond at each end. There are four pieces of white silk In the box, each hemmed with blue aljk. or edged with lace, and Just the size of the inside of the box. These pieces are sewed to one end of the box a little distance apart, and serve to lie between the gloves for which the box Is intended. The cover is sewed loosely to the back of the box, and over .each of these stitched hintres is set a rosette of ribbon., A little brass handle or a blue rosette serves as a means to lift tho box lid. A new way to make the handkerchief holder is to have a squaro of straw, bound with blue ribbon, for tho bottom, bot-tom, lined with blue Bilk and having a three or four-inch band of silk gathered gather-ed all along the edges. Tho rough edge of this band Is sewed between be-tween the basket edge and the lining. Four straw pieces are cut. each half the size of the straw bottom, and these are bound with ribbon. They are sewed to the upper edge of the gathered band and fold, two and two, to close the handkerchief holder securely. se-curely. The last two are fastened by a button and loop covered by a full ribbon rosette. Any sort of pretty woven straw, or even matting, will serve for the making of this holder. One way to make a hairpin tray for a set like this is to cut an oblong piece of straw and bind it in blue. Around the edges of tills a narrowband narrow-band of stiff paper, covered with blue, Is sewed and the edge finished with a row of forget-me-nots. Another way Is to make a box of straw, edged with blue, overseairlng the sides to the bottom, and then filling the box with , 3 ) $ : S ptln ribbon. Satin wears well. This R?ne' tnrca(l a coarse needle with onia ribbon and pass it through the "jloth near the top and bottom of the "pife and the board to hold them in lace and then pull out the bastings. t,ha ribbon Is tied In a knot on the utsitfe, then more green and some 4 ynk ribbon is added and four dainty (lCM$eUcs decorate the outside at the lPPPir and lowrr edgo3 of tho lids. :K Across one lid, on the inside, are nfCJErced tvo pieces of flowered materi-LIvk1'' materi-LIvk1'' t"1"11 u,tn ribbon, just large 'tPMiough to hold In place two sizes of IlCfttLote naPer- On the other lid are ?wca f.vo slmilur pieces, for en-pes" en-pes" at the lower nart of the lidr llrwtP p'nl1 an irrec'Jl ribbons are sewed fljMfo'0 stt!i of bars across the lop to jP1" in Illace the stamp book. pcnhoM-CflW pcnhoM-CflW Pencil and paper cutter and Ink J'ras?r. A short piece of green rlb- Jn 's Ept across the corners of the i. f:nlcr board and large square? of blot-StCfc blot-StCfc , paper nro held ln Position by them. B "utton and elastic loop holds tho W13 together when closed, and over t, button Is placed a large rosette of Kt?" a,ld plnk rlbbo"-LuKy rlbbo"-LuKy colors chosen may bo pansy flrjIKi 5 or blues or yellows, but It Is tv Vs wel1 lo selcct a CODl. HXJipt .eeiK dQ for the lining of a writing pad i JflK portolI s as not to irritate the e;6fl of the wrlter with bright colors iBLv slnele writing board3 usually g?:e..corner pockets edged with gimp, 28? covering Is tacked arouud the 03 th l)rass tacks through gimp. iK l frimp 13 sewed to the edges Mr JDnr aud outer cover. Krr11010 des,: set Is often made to - w?My thc laP ard r portfolio. JXdoi ' narrow thin wood or stiff Kui.e .ar1 box 18 covered and lined the material which covers the ru- ,ani the sides are sloped to 3 DKm a ultir Ult- Partitions are cov--'1nr,a. .th,,the same material and . MiI,m '"side to hold paper, envelopes tjKfui V. A 8ma11 Pasteboard tray Is .2Kvi ia.u Ule loncer than a penholder, 1 "ml,,., " the bottom of this Is fastened a S;; otl,om to the ink from 2K"r ni; th" tray, a little square cov-WnXi cov-WnXi ,n lhe end oC the tray holds -nto kmpad0Ul c,,l-e llfis brought Bets fnt .? a. a'1 for lowered lawn rtflrflntfch L?M,dre!l8lnK table- Thcse ore B I vK; rt,tl,cr Jvhen ,ttade at home BoofhlSi ? P.urohaed. "Light blue is t W lam? n tuP nrvc- and a set made fS. -Baa ',"0vored wh forget-me-nots, '1ch Ini Q f1"15" ltb fenthor-ii!fsaln fenthor-ii!fsaln sH;,,,,Herr,ne-bo?'lng or plain Sn r n.'Ine ,may be U8e'J when a 2Bto lawn , K- J mirrow frill of if. 00 s,(le8' anJ the effect of ' llwS. corners, is exceedingly ,ty6flthtiinLlhreo Ema11 "hlte cushions, 5Jlce iuCd0rn!rS',13 covoed with' y&Ms the if th0 ,nwn- tllchcd SilPft ton i- iA hem that ncarly a11 HBorners a.chJ Wbero, they join the 5ata5; ?;e ro,3e le8- Tho ap- ,.lx0r three i , thrfce diamonds SWn f Hlns- The tops are !Satnati 'l ,ff, anJ washed. -A long. SbS?"?, f to lined and covered JM n lnc hottotn. Its top has a loops of blue worsted as full as it will hold. This is excellent for the preservation preser-vation of metal hairpins. A novel holder for hairpins may be made of a small pasteboard mailing tube covered with blue silk and having hav-ing a band of ribbon around the upper and lower part and elge of forget-me-nots or tiny ribbon loops at the top. -The bottom is closed by allowing allow-ing the silk to hang below the edge of the tube and gathering It together. In the bottom Is a small wadded piece to keep the pins from piercing through. , A Japanese doll is dressed ln the (lowered lawn which makes the set, and the tube Is bound to the doll's back by a blue sash, tied ln front, as one would strap a golf bag to the back. A plealng arrangement for holding1 I atlck-plns Is formed of a email round I pincushion, with a short wire stem j wrapped In blue ribbon. A cluster of forget-tne-nota and ribbons surrounds the bottom of the little cushion, and the flowers are arranged so that they, appear to be a little bouquet. Thc worker may select a color ficheme for a dressing table and make as many pieces for Its decoration as sho desires. de-sires. A telephone slate is a useful article for women, and one In easily made by sowing bands of ribbon across a strip of satin-covered cardboard. The ribbons rib-bons are sewed along tho bottom edges and down the middle, and each holds a tiny card with a name and telephone number on it. Ribbons decorate dec-orate the top and bottom of the card, and further decorations may be added in the form of little fans, a toy telephone tele-phone or a fringe of tiny bells at top and bottom. A large slate Is made Just twice the width of this and with a folding door consisting of two other slates, on each side. They are connected by ribbon hinges and have ribbon bands an card3. making four times the. numbe-of numbe-of names held on a single slate. Th" doors may be decorated on the outside with pictures of flowered silk, and a ribbon may hang beside it with a pencil pen-cil attached, and silk pocket holding hold-ing a small pad for messages. Almost every woman ha.s use for a telephone slate of some kind, and as constant use soon soils them she cannot have too many. Spalchel work has come into vogue again and so has old-fashioned cut-work. cut-work. Women who know how to embroider em-broider require few directions regarding regard-ing these smart forms of fancy work, but the woman who cannot embroider would like a few hints as to how both spatchel and cut-work can be simulated simu-lated -without any embroidery stitches. Suppose the article to be made Is a cover for a small table. Lay a piece of blue or black tracing paper on the linen and the design to bo traced upon that. Leaves are favorites favor-ites in spatchel work. Trace the design nnd then work the stems and all around the leaves or flowers with buttonhole stitch. Last of all, cut away the bits of linen between the decorations and along the edge. In cut-work the edges of the decorative leaves and flowers, which are small, are buttonholed and the flower and leaf cut out-Bureau out-Bureau scarfs, table cover3 and pll-lowshams pll-lowshams done ln spatchel and cut-work cut-work are acceptable gifts and all easy to make, although tho work is no more rapid than is the making of buttonholes. but-tonholes. Real spatchel work has cm-j cm-j broidery mingled with the open de signs and also connecting lines of lace stitch. There are plenty of people who long to give presents and feel that they cannot afford the luxury. A suggestion sugges-tion to these is to make mats for flower holders and vases. There is a certain amount of moisture which forms on the outside of a vase full of water and leaves an ugly stain upon the surface of table, shelf or stand. Small oilcloth mats can be made and covered with stamped or burnt leather, leath-er, embroidered linen or lace, or with some other form of fanoy work cover. A circle of tin covered with linen and then with a decorated top makes a useful mat to place under a va3o or jardiniere- These mats are always appreciated, for nearly everyone has growing plants and cut flowers about. Universally acceptable gifts are pretty frames for photographs and small etchings. People like dainty, Inexpensive ones ln their bedrooms that can bo discarded when they become be-come soiled. Charming frames are made of burnt and stained wood, leather, glass mosaic, hand-painted silk or paper and embroidered linen. Fancy dictates many odd and pretty shapes for these, but quite thc prettiest pretti-est photograph frame of thp day is overed with pink moire silk. A piece f glas6, cut the samo size, Is bound round the edges with pink ribbon. fo tho top, bottom and each side of k I. Is Is sewed a piece of pink baby ibbon, and the border of silk is cov-rod cov-rod with small rosettes, formed of a w short loop3 of two or three shades if pink ribbon, with knots of pale reen embroidery silk In the center, lie narrowest width of baby ribbon s used ln making the loops, and be-ween be-ween each little pink flower thus ormed Is set a tiny double bow of reen ribbon. The effect Is that of a reath of little pink roses and leaves. At the t ip there must be a pink, bow nd loop to hang the frame by, and .ie bottom is sewed to the bottom of ie cardboard back. The picture is lipped ln and the little ends of ribbon re tied across the back of the card--oard out of sight. |