Part 11
Pretty boxes have a fascination for most girls. For handkerchiefs, gloves, and the ever-accumulating stock of collars and ribbons, there is no receptacle quite so handy as a box, and, of course, it should be pretty.
These are expensive to buy, however, and therefore the girl who wants one at little or no cost must make it herself. Moreover, the one you buy is not the _only_ one of its kind, whereas the one you make can be.
The rose-box here illustrated has a little cross-stitch pattern worked on every side, and on the lid. This gives a very pretty and original effect. The designs are worked in pink and green “Star Sylko” on white Hardanger canvas, and the box is lined with pale blue.
To make this box, four pieces of thin cardboard 7 inches by 5½ inches are required for the lid and bottom of the box, four pieces 7 inches by 2½ inches for the sides, and four pieces 5½ inches by 2½ inches for the ends. In each case one piece of cardboard is covered with the lining material, and one piece with the canvas, both of which are cut a little larger than the cardboard. In the case of the canvas the cross-stitch design is, of course, worked on before the cardboard is covered.
[Illustration: A Cross-stitch Design is worked on each side of the Box.]
Having covered all the pieces, proceed to sew them together in pairs—a canvas-covered piece to a lining-covered piece. Then seam the double pieces together to make up the box. This wants to be done carefully to be quite secure, and, at the same time, neat.
Before attaching the lid, the seams and edges are finished off. In the box illustrated this was done with No. 3 white “Star Sylko,” using three strands, and couching down at intervals with white cotton. This is continued down the corners of the box, and completely covers the seams.
The lid is next attached to the back of the top edge with over-sewing, which must be neat and yet strong. Finally, the lid is edged with No. 3 “Star Sylko” in the same way as the box, making a little loop at each corner, and a knot and ends at the back.
Diagrams for working the rosebud cross-stitch designs are given, though some other flower can be worked if preferred.
White canvas, as shown, gives a pretty, delicate effect, but, of course, this soils very quickly, and for a more serviceable box it would be better to use a colour. Pale blue or pink would be delightful, or the shades can be chosen to follow the colour scheme of the room. If a plain material is used, of which it is not easy to count the threads, the cross-stitch can be worked over Penelope canvas.
[Illustration: A DIAGRAM FOR THE DESIGN ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX.]
[Illustration: A DIAGRAM FOR THE DESIGN AT THE END OF THE BOX.]
Again, if time is limited, it is not actually necessary to work the cross-stitch designs. Some figured material, such as brocade, can be used, or anything that you happen to have by you; but a thin material should not be employed, or it will tear away when you come to join the pieces together.
A particular attraction about this box is that it costs practically nothing. The outside was made from those odd pieces of white canvas which every girl has, and which are too small for the smallest cloth. The lining was of pieces left over from making a summer dressing-gown. The cardboard was from a collection of old boxes and other odd bits carefully saved, and the quantity of ‘Star Sylko,’ from balls already possessed, was very slight.
[Illustration: A DIAGRAM FOR THE DESIGN ON THE LID.]
Contents
PAGE Advantage of Coloured Knitting Cottons, The 68 Apron you can make from a Summer Skirt, An 47 Aprons, Three Pretty 9 Art of Blouse-making, The 59
Bags, Two Novel 107 Bead Fancies 98 Bead Work, Modern 90 Blouse-making, The Art of 59 Blankets, To finish the hems of 74 Brassiere, The 3
Camisole Yoke of Embroidered Filet Net and Crochet, A 6 Camisole Yoke, A Pretty 7 Casement Curtain, The Nursery 67 Child’s Knitted Petticoat, A 51 Child’s Overall from a Narrow Skirt, Making a 28 Collars for Cold Days 14 Collar, Mending a 40 Coloured Knitting Cottons, The Advantage of 68 Crochet Ribbons for Underwear Beadings 96 Crochet 96, 67, 3, 6, 7, 107 Cynthia Knitted Stripe, The 71
Decorative Stitches for Children’s Clothes 61 Doing up an Eiderdown 75 Dressmaking, A Practical Way to Teach Girls 53
Economy Quilt, The 72 Eiderdown, Doing up an 75 Embroidery Stitches, Some 103
Fancy Tops for Socks and Stockings 23 Freshen a Last Season’s Jersey, To 16
Gloves, The Use and Abuse of 18
Handkerchief Box, A Rosebud 111 Handkerchief Sachet, A Violet 109 Hat, A Knitted 20
Jersey, To Freshen a Last Season’s 16
Keeping out the Wind, For 45 Knitting 14, 16, 20, 23, 30, 34, 49, 51, 68, 71 Knitting your own Woollen Spencers 49
Making a Child’s Overall from a Narrow Skirt 28 Mending a Collar 40 Mending a Man’s Shirt 37 Mending a Sheet 87 Mending, The Wisdom of Preventive 41 Modern Bead Work 90
Nursery Casement Curtain, The 67
Patchwork Quilts 79 Patchwork Toilet Runner, A 89
## Partly-worn Garments, Utilizing 13
Practical Way to Teach Girls Dressmaking, A 53
Quilts 68, 72, 79
Re-footing Made Easy 30 Re-heel a Worn Sock, How to 34 Repairing, Articles on 18, 37, 40, 83, 87 Repairing Table Linen 83 Rosebud Handkerchief Box, A 111
Sheet, Mending a 87 Shirt, Mending a Man’s 37 Slippers you can make 35 Socks and Stockings, Fancy Tops for 23 Socks, Re-footing 30 Sock, To Re-heel a Worn 34 Spencers, Knitting your own Woollen 49
Table Linen, Repairing 83 Tacking Stitches, Decorative 61 Toilet Runner, A Knitted Stripe for a 71 Toilet Runner, A Patchwork 89
Undercoat or Waistcoat, An 45 Use and Abuse of Gloves, The 18 Utilizing Partly-worn Garments 13
Violet Handkerchief Sachet, A 109
Wisdom of Preventive Mending, The 41
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Varied hyphenation was retained.
Page 11, “Richlieu” changed to “Richelieu” (Richelieu openwork)
Page 28, “occured” changed to “occurred” (may not have occurred)
Page 43, repeated word “for” removed from text. Original read (apparent need for for it)
Page 58, “opportuities” changed to “opportunities” (such unique opportunities)
Page 106, “crepê-de-chine” changed to “crêpe-de-chine” (crêpe-de-chine for blouses, rest)
Page 113, index, “Brassière” changed to “Brassiere” to match text usage (Brassiere, The)