MAKING INFANTS' CLOTHES
Making an Infant's Cap: If the cap is unlined make a French seam at the back. Gather the edges that are to join to the circular section. (See Fig. 73.) Cut a lining for the circular section. Turn under the edges of both lining and outside and press. Then insert the cap between the lining and the outside and slip-stitch the circular sections in place. (See Fig. 74.)
Bind the outer edges of the cap with ribbon, just as the edges of the kimono were bound. Bound edges are much better than lace trimming for lace is apt to irritate the baby's skin.
Fig. (75) Lining the cap
Fig. (76) A quilted interlining
for the winter cap
If the cap is lined make an open seam at the back and a plain seam in joining the circular section to the cap, both in the outside and the lining. Then turn under the outer edges of both lining and outside a seam's width, press and slip-stitch the lining to the
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