The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29


- and interest aroused by baby's dainty
EAINNNNI belongings There probably not
SS0 two out OF hundred who
not attracted by the sight of these small clothes
Women who have the time and health viii de-
light in preparing many pieces OF the layetts
as possible, and women friends. too, delight in
adding OF their own handiwork a gift.
There is probably no branch Of needlework more
fascinating.
The dresses and petticoats are no longer the
long, heavily trimmed, burdensome garments
they were some years ago. Indeed, the approved
length for the finished " long garment is twen-
ty-eight thirty-two inches This shorter
length gives much more freedom Of motion and
chance for the muscles to develop and
strengthen
The materials should be soft and fne-as nne
as ones purse will allow. Sheer lawns for the
dresses and petticoats. fine, soft fannels for the
flannel petticoats, and If preferred flannel
which is half linen for the pinning blankets.
This latter is smooth. soft feeling and washes
WELL The little night slips can be made of
soft finished long cloth fine cambric's and there
should be provided several of flannel or outing
flannel
Vests and bands are best bought. They come
in the different sizes and qualities and most
satisfactory. Ptnning blankets take one yard
of flannel yard wide They are simply made,
opening up the 'front.' and put into a band. max
ing them long enough to turn UP and pin over
the baby's feet. The hem is turned up and catch
stitched down the wrong side and finished
on the right side with fine briar or feather
stitch
One can spend from $40 to sums going UP into
the hundreds of dollars one of these little
wardrobes, and 1t is proposed here to suggest
only what seems necessary, and yet have enough
to get along with quite comfortably. Babies grow
so rapidly and put in short clothes so soon
that 1t would seem unwise for women who have
to consider cost to provide themselves with
quantities of garments. AS to the quality of ma
terials and the work put on the clothes that nat
urally will depend each individual case
-Four pinning blankets will be enough to make
For the flannel petticoats, buy soft and fine
flannel be afforded, and four are enough
and these should be worth while later to
shorten. 1t takes about two yards for petit
coat and these may be put into waistband
or made to from the shoulder; good illus
tration is given for this latter style with this
article
The flannel which comes with the embroid-
cred hem is handsome, but If that extra expense
has to be avoided there a number of ways
of making the petticoats pretty and attractive.
The seams of anything flannel be finished
in two ways: stitched on the wrong side then
the pressed open and each edge catch
stitched down with 80 100 thread The other
way is called Dorothy seam. This is stitched
on the right side, pressed open and the seam
covered by the white silk binding ribbon, which
all notion departments in the dry goods stores
keep. This ribbon is laid fiat, covering the
seam, ana each edge is catch stitched down with
silk.
The petticoat around the bottom may be seal
loped. and a narrow torchon or valenciennes
edge fulled slightly around under the edge of
the scallops, the scalloped edge is attractive
looking without further establishment. hem
can be put in and catch stitched down and
simple scroll design drawn with pencil and
worked with fine single feather stitching. This
is by means slow work and is dainty and
pretty.
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to have, and these should be made-four of them
of fine cambria and two of sheer lawn
Instead of putting these into band, two good
designs shown, similar to the flannel