Her Dress.
[Fig. 382] is the pattern, which you must make by tracing it on tissue-paper and then cutting it out. Choose any material you like—wool, cotton, or silk, for her dress and any color, only let it be quite smooth. Lay the tissue-paper pattern down on the goods, pin it in place and cut around close to the edges. Try the dress on Mary to see that it fits perfectly; then cover the wrong side thinly with paste, adjust it to the little figure and press down firmly, smoothing out any wrinkles that may appear. Cut a white lawn apron like the pattern ([Fig. 383]), and paste it over the dress bringing the upper edge up to the waist line.
| Fig. [382].—Mary's dress. | Fig. [383].—Mary's apron. |
Make a cunning little
Sun-bonnet
of the white lawn also. [Fig. 384] is the brim, [Fig. 385] the crown of the bonnet. Cut out [Fig. 384] first and fold back the flap according to the dotted lines, then [Fig. 385], which you must plait fan-shape like [Fig. 386], and then cut the shape of [Fig. 387]. Put a little paste along the lower edge of [Fig. 387], and over it lay the top edge of the brim ([Fig. 384]), pasting them together like [Fig. 388]. Fit the bonnet on Mary's head and paste it in place, but leave the side-flaps to stand out loosely from her face.
| Fig. [384].—The brim of sun-bonnet. | Fig. [385].—Crown of sun-bonnet. | Fig. [386].—Plait like this. |
| Fig. [387].—Cut like this. | Fig. [388].—Mary's sun-bonnet. |
Mary's Lamb