A Pretty Trinket Tray.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 August 1914, Page 2

A Pretty Trinket Tray.

This is a. decorative and dainty little article to make for the dress-ing-table, and may be carried out with the aid of any cardboard box of a suitable size and shape. The lid can be dispensed with, as it will not be required, and the sides should be cut down in the manner indicated by the dotted line in Diagram A, on the right-hand side of the sketch. When this has been done a cardboard division should be cut to fit the centre of the box, and fastened in its place with strips of stamp-paper. Diagram B shows the interior of the box, with the division secured in its place.

The exterior of the box is covered with cream-coloured silk, on which the design, consisting of a pale pink dog-rose and six green leaves, has been worked in the position shown. The material can be turned over the edges of the box and fastened just inside and underneath with any strong adhesive. The next step is to loosely line the box with white silk, which may be secured in its place with stitches run through the cardboard. The edges of the box are finished oft with a pale green silk cord, and it is further ornamented with sixtiny rosettes of narrow pale green ribbon. A small handle, made of three loops of silk cord, might be fastened to the top of the didsion in the centre, and would be useful for lifting the tra3 r.