Cut the white skirt in a circle seventeen inches in diameter with a circular opening in the centre ([Fig. 163]). Crimp the skirt and put it on over the feet, not the head, of the doll, wrapping and tying it in place around the waist.
Not only may tissue-paper be purchased in all colors, with their various shades and tints, but in pretty little checks, plaids, and figures as well, so Miss Muffett may have a dress equal in appearance to the cotton or silk gown of her china sisters.
Fig. [161].—Ready to be dressed.
Cut the skirt of
The Dress
after the white skirt pattern ([Fig. 163]), and the waist like the smaller circle ([Fig. 164]), which has one slit, from outer to inner edge, added to the opening at the centre.
Fig. [162].—Union garment.