THE TINY TINKITES’ TOYSHOP.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1926, Page 21

THE TINY TINKITES’ TOYSHOP.

'AN “EIDERDOWN” FOR DOLLIE. Now that you have made a cradle for Dollie, perhaps," you’d like to give her a cosy eiderdown quilt to go with it? You will want two pieces of stuff about eighteen inches long and twelve inches wide; let the piece for the top be a pretty patterned cretonne, and the underpiece could be in a plain Colom - to tone. Make a bag of the two pieces, leaving one aide open, so that you can slip in the filling; this can either be made of tiny pieces of cut-up rag, or else you could use two or three sheets of coarse cheap cotton wadding—you can buy

thie at a draper’s and it will make a lovely soft quilt. When you have filled the bag, sew up the open side; and then you must cut a strip of the plain colour, two inches wide, to sew round the patterned top as a bordering. If you can’t cut a strip long enough to go right round without joins, you had better cut four pieces th© same length as the sides, and mitre joins at the four corners. Next, find the middle of the quilt; punch a hole with a stiletto right through to the other side; then thread a stout needle with thick silk, and buttonhole all round the hole, as shown in Diagram A. Punch four more holes, one at each corner, as you see indicated in the little drawing, and work them in the same way. These are for ventilation, and to keep the filling evenly distributed inside the quilt cover. —Wendy's Dressmaker.