Art . seven inches wide at the top and five inches wide at the bottom, is a con-venient size for a small waste-paper basket or for a scrap basket for use on a sewingtable. The liasket may be made with slightly more or less spread than this atthe top, or it may be made of the same size at top and liottom. Care should betaken to use dimensions that will result in a basket that is both useful and ofpleasing proportions. Any thin, rather strong cotton or linen fabric, even intexture, of a plain colour that is of low intensity, and light enough in value to takepaint may be used in covering the mill
Art . seven inches wide at the top and five inches wide at the bottom, is a con-venient size for a small waste-paper basket or for a scrap basket for use on a sewingtable. The liasket may be made with slightly more or less spread than this atthe top, or it may be made of the same size at top and liottom. Care should betaken to use dimensions that will result in a basket that is both useful and ofpleasing proportions. Any thin, rather strong cotton or linen fabric, even intexture, of a plain colour that is of low intensity, and light enough in value to takepaint may be used in covering the mill-board. A very light-weight linen canvas ofthe kind used for stiffening the collars and lapels of coats is a very satisfactorymaterial for the purpose, as it is serviceable and agreeable hoih in textuie 3 ? WASTE-PAPER BASKET 1. Mill-board for one of the four sides of the basket; 2, mill-lioard for the bottom of thebasket; 3, one side with lining ready to be pasted down (cover eloth cnt double) ; 4, sideand end ready to be laced together The mill-board pieces are covered separately and may be lined with paper asthe two pieces of the clipping-case were on page 279. Only the laps, how^ever, needpasting. If there is suflficient material to make lining and cover alike, the cloth shouldbe cnt double, so that the fold will come at the top of the basket. To cut the clothdouble, lay two of the mill-1)oard sides on it, top edge against top edge, and markaround them. Allow three quarters of an inch all around for laps and cut out four LETTERING 331 pieces of the same siJ^e. The square bottom of the l)asket may be covered with thecloth in a similar way or with paper of the same colour. The laps should be welland exactly creased, the corneis cut as explained in previous lessons, and aV-shaped
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