Babyhood . powder as will go on the tip of a knife in boiling-water, and then pouringas much of this into a large dish of cold wateras required for the desired shade. Into thisthe still moist feathers are shaken, stirring con-stantly, and allowed to remain there from 5 to-10 minutes. They are then dipped out witha wooden spoon, passed through cold starch,wiped with a clean cloth, and dried in potato-flour, which is for this purpose spread out on alarge sheet of paper. The feathers are thentorn lengthwise from the quills—what is calledfeather-picking—and are now ready for a piece of w
Babyhood . powder as will go on the tip of a knife in boiling-water, and then pouringas much of this into a large dish of cold wateras required for the desired shade. Into thisthe still moist feathers are shaken, stirring con-stantly, and allowed to remain there from 5 to-10 minutes. They are then dipped out witha wooden spoon, passed through cold starch,wiped with a clean cloth, and dried in potato-flour, which is for this purpose spread out on alarge sheet of paper. The feathers are thentorn lengthwise from the quills—what is calledfeather-picking—and are now ready for a piece of white muslin the size of the quiltmark very clearly with lead-pencil the outlinesof the proposed border, and the exact line whereit begins. Then, without regard to the pattern,,rule the muslin lengthwise in lines about one-third of an inch apart. Along these lines thefeathers, two and two together, are sewed onwith button-hole stitches in the manner illus-trated, taking care to let them lap enough to at-. tain a full effect, and to introduce the contrast-ing color on the exact line of demarcation, so asto bring out the pattern clearly. It is simpler tomake a striped pattern, each strip being then BAB YHOOD. 440 worked independently, of one color, and thestrips then sewed together on the wrong sidewith overhand stitches. The quilt is lined withsateen or quilted satin, and the corners finishedoff with feather tassels. To make these cutcircles of muslin, rule them in the manner abovedescribed, sew the feathers on, place a little rollof cotton-batting on the wrong side, and drawtogether around this at the edges. Fasten to thequilt by means of white silk cord. Babys Crocheted Socks. I HAVE been making some socks for an ex-pected little one which are so inexpensive, pretty,and withal so easily made that I wish someother mother to know of so comfortable an arti-cle. The materials required are a medium-sized ivory crochet-hook, one skein of whitesaxony and one of some tint of pink o
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