THE LINGERIE SUN HAT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 11

THE LINGERIE SUN HAT.

';•■'• Nothing •'■ is", simpler ■ to' "mate;' and ■ nothing more/-'comfortable to, wear," than -the/lingerie sun haty says' a' Melbourne.writer. It', consists of .two circles.' The crowir piece "should measure 18' or 20 inches' across:- The other circle may be anything-.from' 20: to 25 inches The :material , should -be'■■ cot '■' do.nblb" for the large circle,; and if-the/hat- ie'.being 'made of/hplland .or ■ i' dark material 'that will: not .require .constant'washing, it should be interlined with' a piece of starched material. After stitching* the pieces together, a scallop , should be' worked 1 -or.>braidea'round : the; edge; The place for ; the crown is then ciit out.'. The is "edged' with "a scallop,. : arid-sixteen Or .twenty-buttonholes, worked ;ronnd the edge. Buttons ;tbj correspond sewn, on the , brihv or. else;buttonholes are worked,\and- the crown .■kepi in. place: ,by- a'■■ ribbon rni from : buttonhole to buttpnhofe.;> Hats like.this are'.as snady ; as'.suh; much , /cpojer; 'They are best .j tied-on" with... narrow," nluslin ■■' string's;though.;long millinery-safetyvpins'are , 'equally desirable." : ;In'white,/diniily,/worked,with; .blueingtairi. cbttohi-these • hate,-''suppjementW' , with* 1 a; scarf; •.'are.; as' becoming !w ;; fTOsh n ' faces as .they; are; comfortabki'": ■■;? •''■•"". - i; ',:'

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