Make the bow case ([Fig. 192]) of ordinary wrapping paper cut like [Fig. 191], three and a half inches long and two and a half inches wide. Fold the paper lengthwise through the centre and glue the sides together along the dotted lines; then fringe the edge up to the dotted line and decorate with gay paint.
| Fig. [191].—Cut bow case like this | Fig. [192].—Bow case finished. |
Dress the jointed doll squaw in a fringed
Chamois-Skin Gown;
Fig. [193].—Squaw's chamois dress.
fold the skin and let one half form the front, the other half the back. Cut the garment like the half N, in [Fig. 193], stitch the sides together, stitch the under part of the sleeves together and fringe both sleeves and bottom of the dress (O, [Fig. 193]). Belt the gown in with scarlet worsted and load the squaw down with strands of colored beads; then seat her on the grass ([Fig. 194]) while you make the primitive loom for her to use in weaving one of the famous
Navajo Blankets.
Paint a two by four inch piece of white cotton cloth with a blanket design in red and black, with white between the markings, and pin it securely on a board ([Fig. 195]). Tie stones to a pole six inches in length ([Fig. 196]); with long stitches fasten the stone-weighted pole to the bottom edge of the painted cloth blanket ([Fig. 197]).
