Fig. 248.—Orange design ready to cut.
Cut some of the strips about fourteen inches wide; others wider, a few narrower; and make each strip long enough to reach around the front and two sides of one table. Lay a brilliant red strip eighteen inches wide down on a flat surface and fold crosswise through the centre; fold again and again until the piece is of the desired width, about two and one-half inches; then cut according to dotted lines ([Fig. 244]). Open out and cut off every other lower ornament and you will have [Fig. 245]. Attached to a table this decoration gives the effect seen in the first illustration.
Fold and cut a green strip fourteen inches wide like [Fig. 246]. Open and it will be [Fig. 247]. Another design of orange color is given in [Fig. 248] and [Fig. 249].
Fig. 249.—Orange design open.
You can devise many other decorative designs fully as attractive as these, and it is well to experiment with pieces of old newspaper, cutting them into various designs until you find just what you think will make good patterns. In this way your originality is brought out and in a measure your artistic sense developed.