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Rh improved by working them in crewels or silks, veining the leaves, shading a little, etc.

Fig. 14c.

Fig. 14d illustrates a brush or broom holder or small catch-all, ornamented with a spray of appliqué work, and finished off with gimp, wool, balls and tassels. The way to make these balls is given on under Crochet.

A quickly executed and effective kind of embroidery is called Broderie Perse, and is very pretty for table-scarfs, bedroom curtains, etc. For a table scarf use a good quality of cream-colored linen. You will need besides some cretonne in bright, artistic, flower designs, together with some filoselles and crewels. From the cretonne cut a sufficient number of flowers, and arrange them in a graceful border pattern on the linen, connecting them with stem lines in pencil. Having arranged your pattern, mark lightly round each flower so as to insure your rearranging them correctly. Then stretch your linen by means of stout pins or thumb-tacks smoothly on a drawing-board (the kneading-board will answer), and with nice smooth starch, paste each flower