box by means of holes bored into it for that purpose.  The feet must be fastened before covering the inside of the box.  The inside of the basket is ornamented with an embroidered pattern in applique, which must also be worked before covering the box.  The leaves are made of red cloth, the stems and veinings of black bugles.  No. 160 shows the pattern in full size; the flowers and leaves are edged with light grey purse silk, over which small stitches in black silk are fastened at regular intervals.  Inside the box fasten a deal board covered on both sides with American cloth, so as to divide the basket into two compartments, and fasten on to this board a handle consisting of a piece of wire seven inches long, wound round with beads.  The basket is ornamented with ruches of red worsted braid; between two box pleats of the ruche a black bugle is fastened.

[Illustration:  160.—­Knife Basket.]

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161.—­Satin Stitch Embroidery.

Materials:  Purse silk of two colours, in 4 shades of green and 4 shades of red or magenta for the flowers, gold twist.

[Illustration:  161.—­Fuchsia Spray.]

This branch is embroidered with purse silk of the natural colours of the flowers and leaves, or in different shades of one colour, on silk canvas.  Fuchsia blossoms are here designed, and should be worked in raised embroidery; the stamens to be worked in gold twist.

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162.—­Acacia Spray in Raised Satin Stitch Embroidery.

Materials:  Four shades of green purse silk for the leaves; 1 skein of brown silk; 3 shades of white or gold silk for the flowers.

[Illustration:  162.—­Acacia Spray.]

This spray of acacia is worked in raised satin stitch embroidery; the flowers should be carefully shaded, and the veinings should be worked before the leaves are embroidered.  The flowers may be worked gold colour, or imitate the white acacia blossom.

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[Illustration:  163.—­Tobacco Pouch.]

[Illustration:  164.—­Tobacco Pouch.]

163 and 164.—­Tobacco Pouch.

Materials:  Fine crimson cloth; bits of coloured and white cloth for the pattern; purse silk of various colours; white kid; brass rings; gimp cord; and silk tassels.

This pouch is cut in four pieces, two of which are given in full size; the two others must be worked after the same patterns.  These patterns represent the attributes of a lover of tobacco; they are cut out of cloth and worked in applique over crimson cloth.

In No. 163 the outer chain stitch border is green.  The knot from which the different articles are suspended is black, the cigar-case yellow in cloth applique, the cigars brown in satin stitch.  The case is crossed by two rows of chain stitch in blue silk, and edged all round with button-hole stitch, also blue.  The two pipes are of white cloth, edged round with yellow silk; the shade is imitated by long stitches of grey silk.  The upper part of the pouch is of blue cloth, with a white silk edging and yellow dots; the under part of brown cloth with a black edging and a pattern worked in chain stitch with white; the three tassels are embroidered with black and yellow silk.