BRAIDED SMOKING-CAP, ORNAMENTED WITH BEADS. BY MRS . JANE WEAVER. MATERIALS required to make one Smoking- the crown round to the desired size, and run Cap: A strip of cloth 6 inches wide ; 1 skein of that and the head-piece together, holding the sl.: Russia braid ; 1 bunch of smooth gold beads, head-piece next to you. The lining must then No. 9. For lining, a piece of sarsnet and a small be run together in the same way, and fitted into piece of demet. A tassel. the cap, and the edges of the cloth and lining The mixture of braid and beads, in the Smok- turned in, and the latter felled down. The ing-Cap we are illustrating, is somewhat novel, tassel should be attached to the top, through the an1, when worked, has a most charming effect . § lining, to keep it in its place, and the cap will The pattern should be traced on tissue paper then be complete.
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WINE and tacked on the cloth, and, in cutting out the crown, a six-inch square of cloth must be allowed for. The braid should then be neatly run on over the tissue paper, the beads dotted in where indicated, and, when the work is completed, the paper should be torn away. The cap is then ready to make up, which is done in the following manner: Tack the demet and sarsnet together, and neatly quilt them ; cut
We have not named the colors to be used, as
- the choice of these so much depends on individual taste, but we can recommend black cloth,
with scarlet, blue, amber, or green braid, or a blue cloth, with a gold-colored braid, or a searlet cloth with black or blue braid, always using gold beads, except when amber braid is selected, when white chalk or steel will be found prettier. 79
