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( Originally Published 1918 )
SUBJECT MATTER The simplest cap to make will be the circular one. A pattern should be made by drawing with a pencil and string on a piece of wrapping-paper a circle 21 inches in diameter. The material for the cap should be cut care-fully around the circle and finished with a harrow Item. A tape to hold the draw-string should be plated 1 1/4 inches inside the edge of the hem. A small piece of cardboard cut about one-half inch wide should be used for measuring the position of the tape. Bias strips three quarters of an inch wide should be prepared for the tape, or a commereial tape three eighths of an inch wide may be purchased. The outer edge of the tape should be basted first and the edges joined; then the inner edges should be basted, the edge being kept smooth. Both edges should be neatly sewn with the hemming stitch by pand or on the machine. An clastic should be inserted in the band, care-fully fitted to the head, and the ends fastened neatly. PRELIMINARY PLAN This lesson will give a good opportunity to make a cap that will answer for a (lust cap or serve as a part of the cooking uniform. If such a cap does not. seem desirable and the former lesson has not been completed, the cap may he omitted and the work on the holder continued. METHOD OF WORK The pupils should first make the pattern for the cap and then cut out their material. The hem should he basted and stitched with the hemming-stitch. The bias strip should be basted on and sewn with a running-stitch. It will probably not be possible for the pupils to complete the cap in one class period ; but, if the material has been cut out and the work started, they may be able to complete it at some other time. The stitches are not new, and the work will serve as an excellent test of the skill they have acquired in the course. |
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