THE WORK CORNER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 44, 4 November 1893, Page 382

THE WORK CORNER.

AN ACCEPTABLE CIGAR CASE. A cigar-case which has received unqualified approval is so easily fashioned, so appropriate, and withal so pretty, that I believe the readers of the Graphic will be glad to see it described. It is a study in browns. Take a strip of to-bacco-brown embroidery linen, ten inches long and three and one-half inches wide. Round off one end and curve off the other so that where the edges are laid together along each side, the ends will be three-quarters of an inch apart at tbe widest point of separation. Initials or monogram in shades of brown are the next step, and may be embroidered either in the centre or in one corner of the case. Take the long ‘ leg ’ of a many-bnttoned suede glove, which nearly every woman has in her glove box and has at some time thought, ‘ What a nity to throw away all that pretty leather just because the small fingers are soiled or torn I’ Lay the strip of linen down smoothly on the wrong side of the kid, and, after basting it along the edges, cut the exact size of the case. This lining will keep the cigars moist. With fine brown silk braid first bind the hollowed end of the strip. Then fold it properly and bind the other edges together on the two sides and continue the binding over tbe curved end. Be neat and exact, and the result will be sure to please.