South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-19
BABY BASKET IS
WELCOME GIFT
Pretty One Can Be Made at
Home With Dish Drainer AS
Foundation.

If you are wondering what welcom-
ing gift you may make for a little
guest coming to some friend by way
of the "Stork Limited" why not try
small baby basket? You viii blink
somewhat skeptically when you hear
that the basket is to be made Of a
wire dish drainer. but there isn't
doubt that the outcome will COM
mand your respectful admiration.
The dish drainer Git should be OBJ
long, can be purchased for the small
sum of 10 cents at any 8 and 10 cent
store Cut a piece of cardboard TO fit
inside the bottom Of the basket and
cover the board with a sheet of cot
ton wadding. Then cover the cotton
with pale blue or pink silk. A cot
ton material NAV be used if silk is
not obtainable. The covering for the
sides Of the Observation-Disclosures
is also Of silk, may be slightly fulled
on to the silk-covered bottom and
drawn up tightly and fastened TO the
rim of the basket.
Make Lining OF Linen.
Next cut an Oblong piece Of white
linen (it may be light or heavy in
weight, as preferred) Of sufficient size
TO cover the notion and sides Call in
one piece of the basket. and to fall
over the edges on the outside about
the depth of the basket, TO hide the
wire frame. 1t would be well 10 cut
the linen in q simple oblong and
half inch or so larger all around
than is actually required and then TO
draw upon it the exact pattern for
the basket cover. Tile linen cover
must be in one piece and must fit
snugly into the corners of the bas-
ket without wrinkling. For this
reason square pieces are cut out of
each corner of the linen oblong. so
that when the cover is put into the
basket the edges of the corners will
just meet. These corners can be tied
to the basket by ribbon being run
through four eyelets made in each
corner of the cover for the purpose,
two inside and two on the outer edge
of the cover. and tied in q small bow
on the outside.
Edges arc Scalloped.
The edges are to be scalloped. Alter
having drawn the pattern on the lin
en- for the basket. proceed to go along
the lines with spool and pencil. The
tops of the scallops should touch the
top of the line. and this viii allow
/ half-inch margin which can be cut
away after the scallops are embroid-
cred. The edges of the cut-out cor
ners are embroidered as we'll A
small scallop makes a daintier cover,
! especially if the material be light
in weight. A tiny spray of embroid-
cry worked on each of the four over
hanging edges adds greatly to the
appearance of the basket. and SINH
lar design, slightly larger, should be
worked on that part OF the linen
covering the bottom Of the basket.
Make a small embroidered pocket
in one of the basket and fasten an
embroidered line pincushion to the
| other. each being scalloped and car
ried out in the spray design to match
the cover. When complete. fasten
the cover to the basket with a few
basting stitches to hold in place. The
baby basket is then ready for filing
with the little ones toilet articles,
etc. AS the linen cover may be laun-
dered without detracting from its ap-
pearance, it is to be preferred to the
pretty fluffy lace ones that are not
really sensible"