Blog 460
My wonderful daughters have just cycled from London to Paris
in 3 days as part of the Women against Cancer campaign. Many people have taken
part from club cyclists, to regular cyclists, to those who have trained up for the
event. Along the way there have been trials and tantrums and tears but they
have done it! As a group they have raised £23,000+ and I am bursting with pride
for them; what an achievement! This is especially poignant for us and remarkable
for Tess as it was exactly 2 years ago that she was diagnosed with breast
cancer.
Here is the first part of the instructions for the serviette
box, another Xmas idea for you following on from the coaster box. The procedure
is the just the same as for the coaster box which was featured in Blogs 457 and
458; it’s just on a larger scale. With this box I am going to pad the inside of
the base and base sides too and I intend to make a decorative top.
Here is one I made earlier, in true Blue Peter style! The
sides on this box are deeper at 3” and 3 packets of serviettes will fit in it.
Although it is really faded now, it is a sentimental piece as my mother did the
beautiful crossed stitched butterfly on the lid.
Serviette box
THE SERVIETTE BOX
Cardboard
Requirements: Cut the following accurately from strong card
Base: 7” x 7”
4 Base sides: 7” x 2”
Top: 7 3/8” x 7 3/8”
4 Top sides: 7 3/8” x 1”
Other requirements:
fat ¼ metre of lining fabric and ½ metre of outer fabric, a small amount of
wadding, Pritt stick, masking tape and threads to match the fabrics.
Cut out wadding to fit the base of the box and the 4 base
sides. Also cut out 2 pieces of wadding to fit the lid but not the lid sides.
Wadding
Cover all the pieces of card with the lining fabric as
detailed in Blog 457, placing the wadded sides onto the fabric.
Lining
Sticking
Construct the top and bottom of the box in the same way as
the coaster box. Part 2 next week.
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