Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04
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The simple, always popular, hook
shaped frames, to hold two, four, six
er-evep more photographs. are useful.
They may be covered with almost any
Kind of material, though of course the
handsoner the material chosen. the
more dainty the results will be. These
frames may be closed like u book to
lie on table. thereby tsL,:ng the place
of the obsolete album. or they may
Lt extended screen fashion, partly open
so as to exhibit the pictures they con-
tain. II is almost necessary 70 buy the
foIs tons for these frames, as it is
rearly impossible for u novice 10 cut
out the cardboard and have it perfect
ly exact and unless they are. exact
they are not at all pretty. The founda-
tioIfs are sold for few cents apiece,
ard consist of two pieces OF heavy card
board for each division or leaf of the
book. The back and front are the same
in size, eight inches by six. but the
front piece has an opening 5H, inches
ty az for the picture. For frame
capable of holding four pictures. eight
pieces OF cardboard will be required,
four of which must have The opening az
already described. There will nlfo bc
necessary half yard of material. 27
Inches wide. sheet of batting, sheet
cf white watered paper and some good
glue. Begin by making the lack Of the
book first.
TO do this bride the silk lengthwise.
81 inches long. From the end of each
Piece cut off two inches and place aside
for subsequent use. Extend one of the
25-inch pieces. right side down, on the
table. Place n layer of batting over the
silk. and on the batting adjust at equal
distances the four back pieces. allow.
ing sufficient space between each to
permit the frame to bc folded in hook
form. Then turn the edges of the ma.
trrial being used for the cover and the
hitting over the back pieces and gluc
firmly in place. The end pieces of the
silk are now brought into use. Divide
them Through the center. so that there
will be four pieces. although only three
are 10 be used. These pieces are to be
glued in neatly between the cnrl-boartls
10 hide the exposed batting at the
hinges. The tops and bottoms of these
strips Will he. OF course. turned under
so as to- avoid raw edges To finish the
backs Eiuc over the cards pieces OF
wntered paper. covering the ends of
the silk which have been previously
glued to the boards. TIE object OF
this is TO give the frame q finished ap.
Icnrance when completed This fin.
fshes the hack Of the book frnmc aud
it may he laid away 10 dry willie the
front pieces are being covered. To
cover the front pieces proceed in the
same way, emitting the batting. When
all arc covered glhe them in position
10 the bncls pieces, leaving the bottom
free to admit the photaGraphs place
under n heavy weight and let remain
under pressure for "a hours. so that
the glue may become well cot. Drocadc,
China silk, crepe. duck. denim md
embroidered linen nrc all used In the
manufacture of these useful photo
graph holders.
Pretty frames of this sort NAV b.
made MS gifts for friends. or brothers.
sisters or cousins who are at college,
utilizing the college colors when select
ing the covering; yellow and whit, for
Bryn Mawr, rose and gray for Vassar.
blue and white for Barnard, kluc for
Wellesley. orange and black for Prince
ton. crimson for Harvard. dark blue
for Yale. carneliun and white for Cor
nell. blue and white for Columbia, pur-
pie and white for Amherst, red and blue
for Pennsylvania, brown and white for
Hrown and black and blue for .Iohnr
lIopkins.--Ladics' Home Journal.