The Washington herald., 1912-10-13

hard for an amateur to make. II you are
making the entire muf Of the marabou
and it is for . large doll, it may be neces-
sary to sew several strips together. To
make well proporticned muf you should
have q piece of fur. after the strips are
sewed together, a little longer than It is
wide. The piece should be as wide a. you
wish the muf to be when It ID finished, al
lowing for the seam and twice as long as
you want the muf to be deep, 80 that you
can fold the muf together and sew it at
the top. The long part Of the rectangls
which you have made Of the material will
thus, when doubled. make the depth Of .hs
muf.
Before making the mu6 line the piecs of
marabou 6st with Canton flannel and
then with silk or satin or with satesn.
Then bring the ends together and stitch
one down upon the other, making . neat
seam. Use q long millinen' stitch and
nu6 the narabou over the seam 70 thst
the joining place viii not show.
A stylish collar Is . round ruff Of the
marabou with velvet ribbon ends to tie at
one side.
II the doll is large and more marab;
il needed for q muf than you care to use,
make the muf of velvet and edge it with
the marabou. Satin also and silk are
used for NUTS and trimmed with borders
of fur. When you make a velvet or satir
muf make an interlinins of some thick
material like . piece of old blanket and
then put the silk or satin lining in. The
centre part of the outside of the muf may
be of the velvet, silk or satin, and put on
the lining in soft folds. the two ends Joined
at the top with q frill.
Frills Of the material also edge the
muff At both sides and the fur bands are
used on either end of the mum between
these frills and the middle of the mui1,
To 60 with this muf you may make .
stole of satin with a marabou or fur edge.
A bonnet box for baby is IN adorable
present which girl who can paint .
little in water colors can make for the
infant of the family. For this bonnet
box you buy an oval or square card
board box with lid 1t should be q tall
box, as nearly the shape Of . woman's
hat box as you can find, but, of course,
much smaller. There are stores which
sell fancy boxes at which you will be
able to buy such |. boz.
II you are able to secure q plain pale
blue or.pale pink box then you are ready
to begin your painting at once, but il
not, cover the box with water color paper
in pale tint of these colors and then
proceed with its decoration. The box
should be decorated on the sides and
i'd with the sort Of designs suita bic for
baby. One Of the prettiest Of such
boxes had decoration Of tiny daisies
PAINTED here and there on the sides and on
he top Of the lid. Another pale blue
box had garlands Of tiny pink rosebuds.
Any small blossoms are pretty, and birds,
title lambs or small kittens are also
attractive. In the middle of the box lid
'ou should fasten q loop Of ribbon BY
which the lid may be pulled OF easily,
Ind just above or below this the baby's
initials should be painted. Inside the
'ox should be fitted with q soft wadded
ining Of pale blue or pale pink silk, and
his should be family scented. All Of
,aby's little fine caps are kept in this
lainty box, which any mother would BE-
lelighted to receive for her little ones
insry.
Dressing costume dolls has now become
! great fashion among older people, more
han among children, but girls who have
ust outSrown their doll period and who
,ave not yet quite forgotten the pleasure
4 working on elaborate costumes for
Hiss Dolly will enjoy very much dressing
heir dolls in the costume Of some special
,eriod which they may, perhaps. have
,een learning about in their history -
ons. These costume dolls are now very
fashionable for use ~ pin cushions, the
.uahions being hidden by their long 6ow.
M skirts. These dolls. can be bought
n some of the department stores and
lrsssed In bits Of Old silk and velvet
They are most attractive ~ ornsAsa0
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