Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-27

cHILDREN's GARMENTS.

CHILDREN'S GARMENTS.
| Harpers Bazaar.
The flannel night wrapper is most useful
garment for a child to wear when i'll, or when
| beng carried from room to room, or taken up.
| from q warm bed at night; it is not intended
for constant wear at night over night gown,
| but TO occasions of unusual exposure to cold.
| 1t Is of simple sacque shape. with no seams
except those under the arms, which are
! slightly sloped, and the shoulder seams. 1t is
6uttoned down the entire front, and should be
long enough to cover the child from throat to
| foot. 1t is made of any of the pretty striped
| or plaid flannels, or it may be of plain white,
| pink, or blue flannel. To make it thoroughly
warm it should be lined throughout with
| white flannel of light quality It may be made
as o double wrapper without raw seams,
| though this is not necessary, as the seams do
| not come in contact with the child's flesh. T.
| has turned-over collar, and cuffs that roll
back from the wrist, being merely the ends of
| the sleeves turned up. A row of feather
stitching done in white silk is the prettiest
| trimming on the collar and cuffs; 1t should
extend down each side of the front. Some
| thick soft white flannel wrappers are prettilY
| edged with binding of blue or of crimson
| silk braid; Others of blue and white alternate
strips are wrought on the edge with wool in
points or scallops.
The night-drawers with stockings are es-
pecially valuable as night-dress, as it is i'm.
| frame should be covered uniformly, and
| this garment covers it from the chin to the
| soles of the feet The legs are extended in
shape like stockings to protect the feet when
| the child thrusts them out from beneath the
cover. Canton flannel with heavy fleece is
| the material used for the night-drawers. The
| fronts are cut in princesse shape, with body
| and legs in one piece. There is also but one
| seam in each leg of the drawers, as the back
part is out with them, and after slit is cut
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| the neck is gathered to a band. The back of
the waist is closed by four or five buttons, and
| the band of the back of the lower part has
three button-hol in it, by which it is attached
| to the three buttons on the lower edge of the
waist. Plain directions for joining together
| the pieces to form the stockings are given in
| the descriptions of the pattern. The openings
| on the sides of the drawers are widely faced,
| and usually button and hole is put half way
down the slit. The seams of this garment
are next to the child's tender flesh, and should
| be made fiat and smooth, and either felled
down or else covered with tape stitched on by
| machine.
| The day-drawers with waist have an easily
| fitted straightwaist with armholes or shoulder
straps. This waist is quite separate from the
| drawers as it does not need to be changed so
| frequently, and is made of canton flannel for
winter, or of strong muslin or else linen for
summer drawers The neck and armholes
| have bias muslin binding stitched on by
| machine, while the lower edge has strong
| facing of bias twilled muslin an inch or more
| in width. A button is set on this facing on
each of the under-arm seams, third is di-
rectly in 'front.' and the fourth button will be
| the lowest one of the row which closes the
| back of the waist. The drawers are made of
the same material as the waist, and must be
quite short, as they are not now allowed to
appear below the edge of the child's dress.
The legs are wide, and may be tucked, ruffied,
| or embroidered.
The princess petticoat has the long waist
| sloped over the hips to keep the bulky gather
| ing of the flannel or muslin skirt from spoil
| ing the tapering natural waist The skirt is
| cut straight across the gooGs. The waist is
! provided with side forms in front and back,
and closely buttoned behind. Yard-wide mus.
| Inns are commended for these garments. The
pattern of this waist may be used for the drill
| ling waists of kilt dressts worn by boys not
yet in trousers.
The French apron is q pretty little garment
| that has come into favor again since dark
wool dresses have been revived for little girls.
| 1t is low and round in the neck, has short
sleeves that are little more than "caps" or
epaulets as they are sloped to the armhole,
/ and the whole apron is merely a full sacque.
1t is necessary to have this little garme MT
quite full around the figure, hence the neck is
| supplied with drawing string. The apron
| is long enough to each within an inch or two
| OF the bottom of the dress skirt. These little
aprons are imported in nice sheer French
nansooks, soft cambria, thin Irish linen, and
| the gray and drab linens also. The most
dressy ones have hem and a cluster of tucks
around the bottom, while the neck and sleeves
are finished with tiny frill edged with Val
enciennes OF thread edging. Sometimes in
stead of drawing string, a tiny band is
stitched on the outside, and this band is
wrought in brier-stitch or in tiny dots. Still
others of linen, either white or gray, have
needle-worked scallop, dots, or notched edges
around the neck and sleeves. A deep Spanish
founce, also needle-worked, is added to the
bottom of others. All these imported aprons
have the seems neatly felled. Very pretty
ones are sold for so cents at the French hinge
RE establishments. These white aprons over
dark red or blue dresses make up quaint
and effective little toilet for the house and are
also most useful in keeping the dresses clean.
| Another easy way to make these full aprons
and still simpler than this pattern, is to take
breadth of yard-wide cambria of the proper
length, cut out armholes, and trim them with
a frill of muslin ruff1ing; then face the neck
for drawing string, and when drawn up, the
neck has little frill to match those in the
armholes. The straight fullness of this apron
adds to its pretty appearance.