CHINA MAIL HOME SUPPLEMENT
Make your own home
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1935
FAIR
-AND
COOLER
NOTHER
cool decorating idea is shown above. Tones
of white are used throughout in the furnishings, the bed being upholstered in off-white candle wick with spread to match. This same material might also be used to slip cover a bed for a. sum- -mery effect.
Sun Bonnets Made In Half An Hour
You
rot can run up these sun bonnets in half an hour LOT SOL You will need only half a yard of 36-inch material for each one. For the bonnet at the top of the page. fold your material with selvedges to- gether, and cut two pieces 15 inches long and 18 inches wide. one for the bonnet and one for the lining. This will be the right measurement for most children of nine years. It will suit the toddlers beautifully if the pattern is cut correspond- ingly smaller.
Place your two pieces of mater ial one on top of the other, right sides together, and tack along three sides, leaving the fourth side (at the back) still open
Now fold down the docted cen- tre line. shown in the diagram. At the back measure six inches in- wards from each, outer corner and cut out the square pieces, AA and EP, as shown in the diagram. Open out your material again, lay it flat and round off the corners at the front of the bonnet. -(See dotted lines in diagram) Finish tacking. still leaving the last side, open. Turn to right side and press.
For Neck Protection
If you decide to make a frill for the back, use the remaining small piece of material Hem the lower edge; gather it along the top edge-
two and insert it between the
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the scheme of the country house⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶
bathroom shown at the right. Walls are painted dove grey with paper border in white and cherry red The soft curtains are of white Celanese trimmed with red fringe. White wire used for chandelier and tie-backs is a cool new note,
FRONT
layers of the bonnet before stitch- ing them together. Otherwise turn in the raw edges and neaten."
If the bonnet is too wide at the back dart it to fit the child's head. Gather slightly along the top "for fullness in front.
A Stiffened Front.
The second bonnet is made in the same way a5- the first, but it has no frill at the back, Fine millin-
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ery wire is inserted and secured along the front of the bonnet be- fore the last side is stitched up. The front is then pulled up to re- veal the little flowers stitched un- derneath.
Millinery wire can also be used to stiffen the first bonnet if neces- zary.
Sew strings of the material at each side for tying.
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