. Godey's lady's book . Materials.—Sufficient silk and velvet for the slipper ofone color, but of two shades—say of green or mauve, thevelvet to be a shade darker than the silk; a skein ofsewing silk the same tint; about five yards of gold cord,not braid; a skein of gold-colored fine crochet silk, ortwist, and a skein of very fine sewing silk the sameshade as the gold. A wide, rich lutestring ribbon will befound better than silk for the foundation of the sheet of white tissue-paper. First, trace off on tissue-paper the patternand size of the slipper; draw a line the exactsize ; then
. Godey's lady's book . Materials.—Sufficient silk and velvet for the slipper ofone color, but of two shades—say of green or mauve, thevelvet to be a shade darker than the silk; a skein ofsewing silk the same tint; about five yards of gold cord,not braid; a skein of gold-colored fine crochet silk, ortwist, and a skein of very fine sewing silk the sameshade as the gold. A wide, rich lutestring ribbon will befound better than silk for the foundation of the sheet of white tissue-paper. First, trace off on tissue-paper the patternand size of the slipper; draw a line the exactsize ; then cut half an inch beyond this, whichserves for turning in when the slipper is madeup. Now, cut the silk and velvet to the extentof the paper pattern ; tack these carefully to-gether in several places ; now tack the patterncarefully on, and with the yellow silk run, veryfinely, the pattern which is traced on the paper VOL. LXIV.—8 through paper, velvet, and silk, and also runthe line which defines the size of slippe
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