
TIED "TRAY"
AVERAGE: For those with some experience in sewing.

MATERIALS:
Two 10" squares of fabric and scraps for ties corrugated cardboard

DIRECTIONS:
1. TIES: Cut 8 strips, each 1 1/2" x 7". Press them in half lengthwise, right side out; press the raw edges to meet the centerfold; stitch along the open edge to make ties. Pin the ties to one of the fabric squares, 2" from each corner, right sides together and raw edges even; stitch across the end of each tie; knot the opposite end.
2. Seam (1/2") the 2 squares (enclosing ties) around 3 edges. Turn the right side out and press. Lightly draw a line 1 3/4" from each edge.
3. CARDBOARD: From the cardboard, cut one 5 1/4" square and four 1 3/4" x 5 1/4" strips. Stitch the fabric across a pair of opposite drawn lines (one at each side of the open edge)> In between them, drop a cardboard strip; push its long edge against the opposite seam; with a zipper foot, stitch across the lower line parallel to that seam. Drop a strip into each border and drop the square between them. Stitch across the top drawn line; drop in the last strip; turn in the open edges and slipstitch.
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