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 NEEDLEWORK 646 BIBS 1^ BOMNETS OUT OF HAHDliERClf lEFS Bonnet with Turncd^back Rever-A Dainty Dutch Bonnet-A Quickly^madc and Pretty Bib- Further Suggestions for Using Embroidered Handkerchiefs w 'OMEN who are clever with their needle can make all sorts of pretty things for them- selves and their children out of handkerchiefs. Here are a few ideas that may prove useful. A very becoming baby's bonnet made from an embroidered handkerchief Bonnet with Rever in Front The first bonnet has a turned-back rever in front, To make it, a handkerchief with a little embroidery, and perhaps drawn- thread work at the corners only, is the most suitable kind. It need not be lace-edged, but in that case a little narrow lace may be sewn at the edge of the front rever. Start a running thread ubout 2^ inches from one of the corners which is to be turned back to form the rever, and run it round to the same position on the opposite side of the handker- chief. Draw up this thread and cut off the hanging corners. Sew the gathers into a narrow band of muslin 9 inches in length. Stitch a ribbon over this, leaving ends in front to form strings. Turn back the front rever, which may need a little boxpleat to make it fit, and your bonnet is finished. A Novel Dutch Bonnet To make this, fold the handkerchief in half, with the right side of the embroidery inside. Then turn the top points back towards the centre, and put a few stitches to keep them in place. After this is done, double the handkerchief over again, and sew it together at the fold, thus forming a seam down the centre of the bonnet. This can be decorated on either side with a row of French knots. The little point at the top is doubled over quite flat, and shpstitched in place. A small inverted pleat is required in the neck at the back, and a boxpleat in front to fit the bonnet to the head. Sew some ribbon strings on the front points, and the bonnet is complete. A Bib for Baby Buy a small " glove " handkerchief, and cut it out at one corner to form the neck. Across the lower point trace the word " Baby " in fair-sized letters, and outline it dth medium embroidery thread in chain stitch. Cut two pieces of thin Turkish towelling, or huckaback, in the shape of the handkerchief, to form the under bib. Machine these together' at the edges, with the exception of the neck, and then turn inside out. Now lay the handkerchief on the under bib and bind the raw edges of the neck together on the inner side with a strip of mushn on the cross. Sew a piece of narrow French tape at either end for the strings, Kimono-shaped Dress Voice, and other Suggfestions Among other things that can be contrived from a handkerchief is a little kimono- shaped yoke to a frock. The handkerchief is cut in half, and the embroidered edges joined on the shoulder with a Hnfe of fine Valen- ciennes lace insertion. A couple of the " glove " handkerchiefs, with " Baby " embroidered on one of them, will form a dainty washing cover for a pincushion in the toilet basket, and four more handkerchiefs, joined with lace inser- tion and edged with a frill of lace, will make a cover for the same basket. Finally, a very dainty cover for the pram cushion," or pillow, may be composed of two handkerchiefs sewn together at the hem- stitched edges. A Dutch bonnet made from a handkerchief 'n t»n minutes