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Show Sewing Screen convenient piece of furniture for the sowing room is a sewing screen. If the house is not largo enough to permit of setting aside one room for this a sewing screen is still greater convenience. It niav bo used in any room. It is well to have a carpenter make tho frame, though any one handy with tools wquld find It no great task. A three ply screen is a convenient size and it should be low, so that all its contents may be within easy reach of milady, who sits in a low chair to sew. The screen may be covered with cretonne cre-tonne to match the hangings in one's room if desired. It will then seem to take less space in a small apartment, as it will fall in lino with other furnishings. fur-nishings. It is well to cover the frame with a flat layer of cretonne on each side of each section, reaching to within with-in six inches of the floor. .Tack this cover on securely with small brass headed tacks1. Then make ever so many pockets of various sizes and fasten them securely. They will hold thread and many small needed articles. Larger pockets will be useful use-ful for holding pieces of work. The pockets, of course, should be cut larger larg-er than tho space which they are to cover and bo either gathered or plaited plait-ed on. It is a good scheme to use a narrow elastic as a running string for the tops. It gives a tidier appearance, especially especial-ly when the pockets are well filled. One may hang such articles as needle book, scissors, wax and emery on long ribbons from tacks on the frame work. A few brass hooks will bo found useful for hanging up shears and other oth-er things one does not wish to attach to ribbons. Tho sewing screen should be light, but broadly built enough so that it will stand firm. It may be moved about as will and as the pockets are all on one side, it may when not in use be set with that side out of sight, to present a neat appearance, appear-ance, no matter how full of work the pockets may be. no |