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Decorative embroidery box plan
Art of hand-made embroidery is one of the most beautiful craft and its origins are reaching long back inthe history – around 5th Century BC. Its puropse is to decorate various fabrics with thread, floss and yarn.People simply love to use their imagination and decorate their blouses, table clothes , bedsheets etc. andalmost each nation has its own distinctive style of embroidery. Now, each embroidery designs is made byrich collored motives and for that everyone needs a lots of spools of threads. This wooden decorativeembroidery box is just ideal to keep that embroidery threads in it, scissors, embroidery needles and otherthings, to have a nice embroidery kit always arranged when inspired for sewing.
The box consists of 3 trays that are opened together by a mechanism. In each tray there are partitions todivide it into several compartments. The illustration shows the appearance of an open and closed box.This whole plan is based on a box over 50 years old.The box was owned by a professional tailor and itserved him for a very long time. In this woodworking plan, the partitions were made to resemble theoriginal embroidery box that we found quite inspiring, but they can easily be altered and adapted to yourneeds. The top tray has a lid made of glass, giving the box a decorative note and enabling you to see itscontent. Since the original box is still in use, speaking out of our own experience, we recommend that thethings you use most often are kept in the top tray.
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Each tray consists of sides that are joined by box joints and has a bottom that is glued and additionallytied with small nails for box sides. All three trays are connected by a mechanism that opens an attractiveembroidery box (see picture above) and allows you to have access to all the trays at the same time.
If you want to change the dimensions of the whole box, special attention should be paid to the openingmechanism to keep it functioning smoothly, as well as the supports that prevent the box from tilting backwhen it opens. Although this box seems to be a complex one, it is actually not hard to make. It requires alot of precision and experience, though. Its construction consists of very simple parts that are connectedby box joints whose design is known to every box maker. If you have even the slightest idea aboutwoodworking, and your wife or daughter happen to like sewing, we recommend this beautifulembroidery box as a unique DIY gift idea for both or either of them!
To make the box more beautiful, you can decorate its sides with some of the wood decorationtechniques: carving, painting, marquetry...
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Embroidery box subassembly list
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Embroidery box assembly drawing
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Embroidery box – parts drawings
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Embroidery box standard parts
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Embroidery box – Sub-assembly documentation
1. Bottom drawer sub-assembly - Parts list
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Bottom drawer sub-assembly assembly drawings
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Bottom drawer subassembly standard parts
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Middle and top drawer sub-assembly
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Middle drawer sub-assembly standard parts
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Top drawer sub-assembly standard parts
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5. Cover sub-assembly
Cover sub-assembly parts list
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Cover subassembly 2D drawings
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Cover subassembly standard parts
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Assemblage images
Bottom drawer
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Top Drawer
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Cover
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