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Rh Catch-all bags made of four pieces, square at the upper end, and cut to a point at the bottom, are very useful hung near a sewing machine. They should be finished with a tassel from the point at the bottom, and kept open by a piece of rattan or wire run into a sheathing at the top.

Fig. 22 gives a good idea of the plainer kind of ticking work. Where the stripes to be worked are wide enough

Fig. 22.

flowers worked in railway stitch may be used. Some of the French tickings come in stripes of varying width. A few stitches useful in this work are here described.

Tête de Bœuf—is so named from its fancied resemblance to a cow's head with the horns attached. To work it mark very lightly a line down the centre of the stripe, or run a basting thread to mark it. Make two slanting stitches meeting at the bottom on the central line. Bring out your needle (after putting it through to the back in making the second slanting stitch), near the bottom of the left hand stitch and on the upper side. Holding your thread as if making a chain stitch, put your needle in at the same position on the right hand side, and bring it to the front again on the central line about one quarter of an inch below the slanting