This DIY fern stand was originally published in 1911. It is, on one hand, a bit odd looking, but then again I really could make this work over by my upstairs bookcase.
The instructions call for wrapping ribbon around the sticks. I would avoid this, unless you are going for authentic looking early 1900 decor.
Pretty Little Fern Stand
Here is a charming little fern stand for placing upon a table or hanging up in a window.
It is made of six slender sticks of wood, three about a foot in length, and three half that size.
Diagram A illustrates the shape in which the woodwork should be made. The three long sticks are arranged in tripod fashion and tied together at the top with fine twine.
The smaller pieces of wood are fastened across the upright sticks, about three inches from the base, with small, thin, sharp nails.
After the woodwork has been completed, it is bound round and round with narrow ribbon until it is entirely covered, and a loop is arranged at the top by which the stand may be lifted when necessary or hung up in the window. Smart little bows of ribbon should be tied on where indicated in the sketch.
We next come to that part in which the fern pot is fitted, and this is made of a piece of stout cardboard, cut out in the shape shown by the diagram B, and then covered on both sides with silk of a color to match the ribbon.
Care must be taken to make this portion exactly the correct size, and when completed it can be laid in position between the sticks and a few stitches through the edge of the silk and the ribbon covering the wood will secure it in its place.
These little stands are very inexpensive and easy to make, and filled with pretty ferns, should form attractive little articles for sale in a bazaar.
Source: Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.), 25 April 1911.
