Fig. 171—The newspaper moccasin.
Make
The Little Dress Skirt
of two newspapers pasted together along the shortest edge, then folded lengthwise through the centre, and the two lower loose ends cut into a deep fringe. This skirt needs no belt; it should be simply fastened together at the back over the ordinary dress with safety-pins.
Use one sheet of paper for the little fringed sacque. Allow the paper to remain folded along the white central band, and fold the double layers crosswise through the centre, making four thicknesses. Cut an opening for the head according to dotted line C ([Fig. 172]). Fringe the sides along dotted line D, as shown in diagram ([Fig. 172]).
Unfold carefully, that the paper may not tear, and after cutting a slit from the neck partially down the centre of the front, you will have [Fig. 173]. If you wish to make the garment less liable to tear, paste narrow strips of muslin on the under side of the sacque, around the neck, down each side of the slit, and at the head of the fringe.
| Fig. 172—Newspaper folded ready for making little squaw's sacque. | Fig. 173—Little squaw's newspaper sacque. |
From a folded piece of newspaper cut the little squaw a head-dress ([Fig. 174]). Let the top of the feather come on the fold of the paper. Turn over and crease down the straight edge of the band at the dotted line ([Fig. 174]), making four layers.