South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-13
MAKE LAYETTE
ON ONE PATTERN
Small Gowns Made on Same
Principle as Earliest Doll
DreSSeS-NainSook Best.

There are many mothers who spend
an enormous amount or money on the
outfit for the baby, but even the
greatest of mother love cannot
stretch a meager allowance. Where
there iS-a-plenty of cash on hand il
will save much anxiety as TO the lay
cite, and yet there is no reason why
a very pretty outfit cannot be obtain
ed with only a small outlay For in
stance. patterns used for the tiny
dresses and flannel skirts are so sim
pie anyone can use them. and the
same pattern answers for the dress
and wrapper, with a little adjusting.
These small dresses are made on the
same principle as the earliest doll
dresses of children, when piece of
material is doubled over, an open
ing cut for the neck, and the sleeves
are slOped into the armpits and then
sloped out again to the sides and bot
tom. In making the dress or wrap
per. double over twenty-fOur-inch
muslin or flannel and in the center
cut an opening four and One-eighth
inches across and slOping into a quar-
ter of an inch deep at the deepest
point of the length wise fold of the
material. This needs no gathers, for
il is the neck. but it has a half-inch
box plat at the front, about two and
a half inches in length.
shape at Oulcf
Then. at the outer edge of the ma
teriaI. cut a straight line about three
and three-quarter inches from fold
for the sleeve. Cut across the ma
terial for five inches. rounding well
for the armhole and from this cut a
sloping line to the bottom Of the
skirt. which is the full width Of the
material. Each little dress is thirty
one inches in length on the length
wise fold, finished sloping up slight
~. not more than an inch. at the side
seams Allow an inch and a half
for the bottom hem In this way each
garment takes SiXty-fiVe inches of
nainsoOk or flannel doubled to make
thirty-twO and One-half inch length.
Nainsook can be obtained a fifteen
cents a yard, and one and One-half
yards of flannel can be had for sew
enty-five cents
Now at the back Of the little dress,
cut eight inches down the lengthwise
fold for a vent. Face around the neck
and down both sides of the vent with
half-inch bias fold of the nainsook,
and run in bObbin around the neck
for the fastening. The front box plat
is held in by the facing. Sew up the
seams end turn in a French fell.
These should be kept as neat and
dainty as possible, as thick seams
hurt the delicate baby flesh. Make
a half-inch hem at the sleeves and
hem the bottom.
Make Wrapper Same Way.
This is all there is to the baby dress
and the wrapper is made in the same
way and of the same dimensions, save
that il is cut from the neck TO the
bottom down the front and the edges
turned back in a three-eighths-inch
hem on each side. The facing is run
around the neck and white tape is
used at the throat and at three and
six inches to hold the wrapper to-
gether.
Flannel skirts are cut the same
widt hand length as the tiny dress.
but slope to twelve inches across at
the under arm seam. The neck open
ing is six inches across and an inch
and half deep, the shoulder seams
are two and One-hslf inches deep and
the arm-holes three inches long and
an inch and half curve TO give
plenty Of room.
The best material for the little
dresses. and il is not at all expensive,
is English nainsook. \ pink or blue
outing flannel will answer we'll for
the wrappers. It IS we'll an select a
dainty stripe, and pink fades much
less than blue.