Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1911 — PRETTY SET FOR A BUREAU [ARTICLE]

PRETTY SET FOR A BUREAU

instructions for Making the Necessary Little Articles to Match Furniture and Hangings of .Room. A very pretty bureau set, consisting of glove and handkerchief boxes, veil case, pincushion, laundry' bag, etc., iftay be made at home in a color to match the furniture and hangings of your room. Given plain-colored silk and white net, no instruction is necessary for the last-named articles; but the boxes are not so easy to make. Instruction Is here given in full detail for the making of the handkerchief box and you can change measurements, etc., to lit the others. A cardboard box of the proper size is required—the kind of box leather hand-bags are sold in is about the best. Cover the bottom and sides of the box with silk overlaid with net, then line the box with white silk. The lid must be cut off and made flat, the sides of the lid being removed. Now cut a piece of net rather larger than the lid and tack it to a piece of paper on which have been outlined the Blze of the lid and a simple pattern. Work this in darning stitch with colored silk to match or contrast with the silk background. Cover the lid with cotton-wool and sprinkle It with a little lavender or some other perfume. Tack on the silk, covet it with the embroidered net and line it with the white silk. Sew on the lid and finish It with a frill of net Ift inches wide, gathered in the middle and put on double. Finish the box with a loop of cord and buttons covered with colored silk and outlined with net for fastenings. For the pincushion, cover three shaped pieces of cardboard, with a triangular piece. for the bottom. Join up the sides and sew on the bottom. Get a penny pincushion, not too hard, and fasten It firmly into the case. Finish With a smaller frill of the net than was used for the boxes.