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 material. If you are using a fold of material, cut it one and one-quarter inches wide. Fold the strip through the center lengthwise and stitch about one-eighth of an inch from the raw edges. Turn the strip right side out.

To scallop the strip or the ribbon, zigzag the thread as shown in Fig. 10 and then draw it up.



How to Make a Diaper: This more than necessary little article has all of the points of the most modern ideas in baby's clothes. All the horrid safety pins and pokey buttons can be eliminated and replaced by smooth eyelets and flat tieing tapes.

No diagram is necessary of this simple affair which is so quickly and easily made. Cut the material twenty-two or twenty-seven inches square. If you care to, you can make a pattern easily of heavy paper which will always be ready when you wish to add to the supply or make them for a new arrival.

When the square is folded diagonally, make two half-inch slashes in the lower point. Bind or buttonhole the edges of the eyelets in the point and hem the edges of the diaper. Sew six inches of tape to each