[Illustration: No. 36. Smoking Cap.]

[Illustration: No. 37. Baby's Cap.]

[Illustration: No. 38. Border for a Baby's Cap.]

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EMBROIDERY IN BRAID

36. SMOKING CAP.

_Materials--Claret-coloured velvet, gold braid, and a gold band and
tassels_.


Six pieces of velvet, three nails in length, and the width given in
diagram will be required, and these must be sloped to a point. Draw the
designs upon the velvet with a white crayon, and sew on the braid;
arrange the patterns in alternate order; neatly join the pieces of
velvet, and edge each joining with braid; line with silk, and finish
with band and tassels.

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