Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1913 — COMFORTER FOR BABY’S COT [ARTICLE]

COMFORTER FOR BABY’S COT

Pretty Adornment Expensive to Buy, but May Easily Be Made in the Leisure Moments. An exclusive shop is displaying a lovely comforter for baby which can easily be duplicated at home. It is of white china silk trimmed with small pink roses. The materials required for this fascinating article are two yards of silk, three and one-half yards of pink ribbon and one pound of cotton batting. Take one yard of the silk and mark the position of the Arrange these in seven rows across the width and seven across the length, alternating.four and three ’roses. Start the rows four inches from the edge. Baste one piece of the silk to a layer of cotton before joining the other piece. Sew through the two pieces of silk and the cotton at the places jpaarked for the roses, and neatly whipstitch the tour sides of the comforter together. To fashion the ribbon roses take one-eighth of a yard of ribbon a half inch in width. Turn under the edges and crease the ribbon at the center. Roll the ribbon around until a center is formed and sew firmly in position. Swirl the remainder of the ribbon loosely around the heart of the rose until it is completed. Fasten a rose securely to each place marked on the comforter. This is a lovely gift for the layette, for it is extremely dainty and not difficult to make. Crepe de chine or satin may be substituted for the silk if desired. — Boston Globe.