A single-page 1888 magazine article on current trends in Victorian fancy work. It describes embroidered curtain strips, cushion covers, chair-backs, table covers, Smyrna work, Russian work and macrame trimmings, and the 'tossing up' of brocades, ribbons and laces into bags, sachets and small ornaments. It also briefly mentions varnish painting on panels. It contains no weaving content.