Vision Volume 3; A Magazine for Youth (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...diagonally across from a point some little distance removed from the apex, to the extreme outer lower point of the fold. The cut may be made from either regular side of the triangle. The eye must be the guide as to acuteness or obtuseness of the angles of the star. A very little practice will soon enable one to cut one of these stars with entire accuracy. Comparison of a star so made with a geometric star will show it to be far more symmetrical and graceful than the stiff, mathematical product--Sel. CASE FOR POSTAL CARDS. Two pieces of cardboard each a little larger than a postal card. Cover on outside with any preferred color of satin, velvet or plush, and on the inside with pretty contrasting color. Slant off one of the outside pieces at the top for opening. If you choose, before making up, that is, before overcasting the two pieces together, paint or embroider some design. Add cord and tassels or ribbon to hang up by. A SOFA PILLOW. Procure coarse huck-a-back toweling. Sketch or stamp design of large flowers. Outline them in white rope silk and run the spaces in between with orange linen floss in darning stitch. Line the pillow with orange colored satin making a puff of satin between the two sides all the way around. Crochet over small brass rings with game color silk, sew them at regular distances on each side of pillow and lace backward and forward over puff with white cord. SKW STYLE MARKER Cut a strip of celluloid six inches long by two wide, and tie narrow violet ribbon through a slit at one end. Now paint a spray of violets, or any small purple flowers, and the marker is finished. If you prefer, use white ribbon and paint blue or pink flowers, or orange ribbon and buttercups look well together. PRETTY MATS. A sheet of white wadding and a skein of S...