An Easily-made Footstool.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 August 1914, Page 2

An Easily-made Footstool.

Strongly-made little wicker baskets, in which fruit, vegetables, etc. are so often packed, may be procured at a trifling cost, and they very in shape, some being circular, some oblong, and others square ; but most of them are suitable for the purpose illustrated by the accompanying- sketch.

The basket is inverted and a cushion made to fit upon it. This cushion is edged all round with cord, carried into three little loops at each corner, and further trimmed with a flounce of suilicient length to reach the around.

On the underside of the cushion

tapes are sewn on at each corner, so that it may be securely tied in position on the bottom of the basket. Diagram A illustrates this, and shows the underside of the cushion, with the tapes, which can l)e easily passed .through the wickerwork and tied inside the basket. Diagram B shows a suitable basket to select for this purpose, and should it be provided with handles on either side, as many of them are, they can be removed, as they will not be required.

The material in which the footstool is carried out is a matter of choice ; but the colour should be selected to harmonise with the carpet on which it is to take its place.

Using an inverted basket as a foundation, a circular or oblong foorstool can be made in exactly the same way as that described

above,