Re-enforce the corners with pieces of
cardboard folded and glued to them,
as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Then put
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on the cretonne covering. Cut one
piece of the right size to fit the bot
tom of the cover and lap over the
rim and on to the inside, then, after
stitching this in place, cut a piece of
cardboard to fit the bottom inside,
cover it with cretonne (Fig. 7), and
glue this covered piece to the inside
of the cover. This completes the tray.
Figure 11 shows a dainty trinket
chest with three drawers. After see
ing how to construct it, you can make
yours to contain as many drawers as
you wish. Small cardboard boxes form
the drawers (Fig. 12). You can get
empty spool boxes at a dry goods
stoïe. Pile one upon another and
figure out the dimensions for the chest.
Then fold a piece of cardboard as
shown in Fig. 13, to make a case of
the right size, and after bringing the
folded ends together, bind them with
a strip of paper (Pig. 14). Next cut
strips of cardboard for shelves, and
fasten these between the ends of the
case by running pins through into
their ends, as shown in Fig. 14. When
the shelves have been adjusted proper
ly, cover the back, ends, top and bot
tom of the case with cretonne (Fig.
16), also the front of the drawer boxes
(Fig 15) ; and sew a faneywork ring
to the center of the front of each
drawer (Fig. 11) by which to open
them.
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