The ornamental pincushion, Fig. 44, is made on a circular cushion six inches in diameter, the bottom being of thick pasteboard, the sides of strong calico, and the stuffing of bran. Cover the bottom with calico, sew a strip of calico six inches wide round the edge, draw up the other side of the calico strip so as to hold the bran, and stitch a small round piece of calico over the gathers. Then take two strips of blue silk, two inches wide, and pinked on one side; one strip must be fifty-two, and the other thirty-six inches long; plait up the long strip into sixteen double plaits, the other strip into eight plaits, and sew them on the the cushion according to illustration. Now cut out the star-shaped figure in white cloth, pinking out the edges, and embroider the design with colored braid and silk, and fasten it to the top of the cushion, so that the points of the star tit in between the plaits of the. silk.

Fig. 44.