Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19
AN HOURS WORK.
And the Result VIII he a Petal Bas-
ket and n Dainty Christ
mas Gift.

The petal basket is a good trlnket holder
as we'll as light work basket and Is made
of a circular base card and three pieces of
goods so placed that when the center five
points are drawn up they form one capa-
BILE pocket. which gives tirmness to the
whole structure. with ten convenient petal
shaped receptacles round the center. The
whole may be shaped up for use, or laid
fiat in a moment. by the tying or untying
OF one cord or ribbon.
The material IS one thickness of plain
linen, which may be white or colored; all
three pieces are precisely alike, and their
shape is that of Il pcntagon. or figure with
tive equal sides; each one of the five points
being slightly rounded TO form a'curved tip
to each petal.
The method is as follows:
First spread out a; clean. smooth piece of
wrapping paper, about eighteen inches
square. then take a piece OF card or folded
paper about three-fourthS of an inch wide.
and eight or nine inches long: make three
dots on this card. one being at one end.
the second one and One-half inches from
tn. first dot. the third seven and one-fourth
inches from the first.
With a drawing pin, or tack. pin the
end of the strip through the first hole.
down to the table, TO the very middle OF
the square of paper. Now make Il hole
the end dot, push the point of the penci!
through the hole. then carry the pencil al!
round till you have a circle which. will be
fourteen aud one-half inches in diameter.
Then make a hole through the second
w. ifA..i tl4S lNli'i ~ Jus anu 'aAAs
II round. 50 getting a three inch circle.
which will be q guide for the placing of
the small base card.
To get the side lines place n ruler on
the line of the outer circle so that you
can measure eight and one-half inches in
a straight line between the points where
the ruler touches the circle: carefully mark
the places; mark "a second, third, fourth
and fifth side space in the same manner,
then when YOU have the five even diViS-
ions. draw a line between each two marks
till all five sides are drawn ard the penta-
gon is made.
To get the marks for guides as TO the
sewing together of the pockets; mark the
exact middle of each side; now hold the
ruler with its edge to the middle mark
of one side, and the other end of the ruler
to the, opposite point. then draw a line
from the edge of the small circle to the
middle of each remaining side, five in all.
Now cut the Dentagon out. round off
about one-fourth of an inch or Il little
tip of each petal nicely shaped. This COM
pletes the pattern. Cut out three pieces of
material exactly the size of the pattern.
also a three-inch diameter circle of card.
Bind each one of the three pieces of
is no particular right or wrong side to
the binding and mark center and side lines
for sewing.
over one another with the center card
between them. Tack the card in place,
then machine or brier stitch along each
side line. Now take the two pieces sewn
together and lay them as if they were
one piece. with each petal tip projecting
over the center of a straight side in the
lower piece round the base card, letting
all be perfectly fiat.
1t is well at this point TO turn the work
over, so that the lower piece is upper
most. then machine or brier stitch TO
match the rest along the straight line in
the middle of each side in the lower piece.
joining the lower and Intermediate penta-
CONS together.
Brier stitch or sew around the base card
to keep it in position; turn the work right
side up again. sew a small ivory or brass
ring to the tip of each petal in the upper
piece. run n silk cord or ribbon through
the rings and draw up. when the ten
lower petals will fall away from one an
other and form ten pockets round the main
one in the middle, which is filled with the
heavier articles, so giving weight and sta
bility to a very pretty Conceit.