Sachet Pin-cushion.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 957, 4 July 1890, Page 4

Sachet Pin-cushion.

Take a piece of yellow skirt-braid and one of white of equal length; then cut each in eight pieces. Lay the pieces together and run a seam along the edges. When all the pieces have been sewed together in thi3 way, sew the two outside edges together, making a bag open at both ends. Leave about two inches at the end of each piece unsewed and fringe. Turn the bag on the right side, and fasten; open the seams by catstitching along each one with yellow floss ; fill with cotton and perfume with satchet powder; tie ends together. Finish with bow of ribbon where each end Is tied, and hang up a ribbon fastened at both ends of the cushion.

"What it is Wise to Forget.

And now let me give you a list of some things which will make you happier if you forget them : Your neighbour’s faults. All the slander you have ever heard. The numerous times you have told a servant how to do things, and the numerous times she has forgotten. Try again, and perhaps she will remember. The date of your neighbour’s new dress, so that she will not believe, when for some special reason Bhe has to wear it a long time, that you remember it from season to season. Forget the faults of some of your friends and remember the temptations. Forget the fault-finding and give a little thought to the cause which provoked It.

Forget the peonliarities of your friend, and only remember the good points that make you fond of bar.

Forget any personal quarrels, or histories which you may have heard by aooident, and which, if repeated, would seem a thousand times worse than they are. Forgot that somebody’s heir is ugly ; remember only how soft and beautiful are her eyes. Blot out, as far as possible, all the disagreeables of Hfe--they will come, but they onlyVgrow larger when you remember them uiid the constaut thoughts of acts of meanness, or, worse still, maiioe, will only tend to make you more familiar with them and to almost grow tolerant of them. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yesterday ; Btart out with a clean sheet for to-day aud write upon it, for sweet memory’s sake, only those things that are lovely and lovable. These are tho best raleß for a peaceful mind and a contented life.

Handsome Head-rest.

Take three pieces of ribbon, each two-thirds of a yard long and four inches wide. They must be of contrasting colours. The half brocaded and plain ribbons are the prettiest, and, if possible, should have the same pattern in each. Sew these together, leaving six inches on each side for fringe, and then fringe. This will leave a square of twelve inches in the centre. Fold this square over corner-ways to make a three-cornered piece. The fringe will then bo on the two lower, or opposite-sides. Put in two or three layers of cotton, sprinkled with sachet powder, and sew up. Along the lower edges, just above the fringe, put a row of brier or other fancy stitching. Now take three small brass rings ; cast on several single crochet (as many as it will hold without too much crowding) using embroidery silk to match the ribbom. Sew these upright along the upper edge at equal distances. Take two pieots of one-half inch ribbon—each one yard long and different colours, but exactly matching two of the colours in the cushion—and pass them through the rings. These are used to tie the head-rest to the chair. If oare and good taste are exercised in choosing the colours, the effeot will be beautiful. The lighter shades of old rose, green and lavender make a pretty combination, but there are others equally pretly.

Crocheted Braid Trimming.

Ch 7, catch with soma loop of the braid, ch 3, skip 1 loop of braid, 1 d c in next loop of braid.

Ist row—Ch 3,1 do in 3rd st, of ch 7, ch 3. I d c in sth at of ch 7, ch 3, 1 d cin last Bt of ch 7.

2nd row—Ch 5, 1 d o in d c, ch 3, skip a loop, 7 d c in next loop, skip a loop of the braid, 1 d c in next loup of braid, ch 3, skip a loop of the braid, 1 d o in next loop of braid.

3rd row—Ch 3, 1 d o in 3rd d c, ch 3, l d c in 3rd dc, ch 3.1 do in sc,h5 c ,h Ac, ch 8, Idc in 7th dc, repeat from 2nd row. When the trimming is the desired length, fa-ten the thread under ch 5 at end of point, with s o. *ch 3, 1 treble crochet under ch 5 at end of next point, (thread over twice before putting needle under ch 5, thread over aud draw it through 2 stitches, leaving 2 on the needle), make another treble in 3ama way, then put thread overand draw it through thedstitches. Make a point (ch 5, 1 s c in first st, of the ch 5) Repeat from star 3 times, then ch 3, 1 s c under next ch 5. So continue through the row. For tho top of braid oh 1, and 1 d c in each loop of the braid.