THINGS WHICH CAN BE MADE OUT OF OLD GLOVES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VI, 10 February 1900, Page 283

THINGS WHICH CAN BE MADE OUT OF OLD GLOVES.

Everyone has lots of old gloves, and as a general rule when they are soiled or worn they throw them away as useless. The most careful amongst us may send them to clean once or twice, but when they show signs of wear and the kid rubs, then they are cast aside as of no further use. This is quite a mistake; there are many little things which can be made of old gloves if only a little pains and trouble be expended upon them. First of all there is the midget photo frame. Cut a piece of stout cardboard the desired shape; the form of a heart is quaint and pretty, but a square, and oval, or a round would look equally well. Cut ouit with a sharp penknife the space for the photograph. Take a pair of gloves—grey, tan or stone colour —and cut off the unworn portions at the back of the hand. The part which extends from below the fancy stitching to the wrist will be found in excellent condition. Clean it with rubbing over with benzine, then lay the cardboard on it, and cut the required shape. Gum or glue it with liquid glue firmly round the edges and press. When dry decorate the rim where the photo fits with an application of gold paint. If the worker is artistic she may paint a small spray of flowers in the left-hand corner, or if the frame be a heartshaped one decorate it with arrows outlined in gold paint. A back and support must be cut out of cardboard and firmly glued on. If glass is desired it will be found the best to purchase a small sheet at any glaziers and get him to cut it into the required sizes. The glass should be glued in before the back and support are fixed in place. A double heart-shaped frame to hold a couple looks exceedingly pretty. Card cases may be made by doubling a large thick postcard and covering it with suede in some delicate colour, and

then lining the inside with silk and stitching on pockets of the suede. The outside of this dainty case may be ornamented by a monogram in gold. An exceedingly novel pin-cushiou for the dressing-table may be made by cutting off a glove at the wrist, sewing up the vent, and stuffing it with bran or cotton wool until it looks as if a hand were inside it. When stuffed, this quaint pin-cushion may be gilded or coated with pale pink enamel and finished with a bow of ribbon, or a loop to hang it up by. Out of evening gloves dainty belts may be made with very little trouble. Get a length of stout Petersham the required width, and cover it with suede in any of the delicate shades sold for evening gloves. One pair of gloves will make a belt, and the tops, when rubbed with benzine and ironed on the wrong side, make a charming l>elit, which is ornamental and new.

The join down the centre of the back should be concealed by a row of silver sequins sewn on thickly, and the effect is even more pleasing if a row of the sequins be sewn round the upper and lower edge of the belt. It may be fastened with hooks or eyes, or an ornamental clasp may be bought for a few pence at any fancy shop and attached.

Dainty little needlebooks may be made in the same way as the card case, only' the inside should be filled with graduated leaves of flannel, pinked out round the edge and arranged in two colours. The leaves should be held in place by a strap of baby ribbon in a contrasting colour. A very' pretty little needle-book would be grey suede or doeskin, lined with white satin, and filled with alternate leaves of white and pink flannel, held in place by a strap, and closed by strings of pink or green baby ribbon. Small pocket pin-cushions, so beloved of all ladies who indulge in country walks or bicycling trips, can be made by cutting out of cardboard two little rounds the size of half-a-crown, cover-

ing them with flannel and suede, then seaming the two halves neatly together, and sticking pins closely round the edge. lioth pin-cushions and needle-books are improved by a monogram painted on in gold, or a single flower, such as a |Kinsy, depicted in natural colours. A useful stamp box can be made by covering any ordinary cardboard box with leather and then decorating it with vermilion, indigo, and gold. A simple heraldic device looks the most effective, and can be traced with the use of tracing-paper from the design in an old book. The little boxes used by jewellers are the best for this purpose, and when neatly covered and lined make the most ornamental of adjuncts; while for the literary person they are invaluable. One may be used for nibs, another for paper-clips, and a third for stamps; while a long bracelet box treated in the same way will hold a hat-pin. [ten-holders, pencils, or hair-pins.