BEAUTY IN BED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17759, 1 February 1926, Page 9

BEAUTY IN BED.

Nearly everyone nowadays has be come a convert to the habit of wearing boudoir caps, and since, very often, the prettiest ones are contrived from an astonishingly small amount of material, it is never a good plan to throw away any odd piece of silk or lace,

as you are almost sure find a use for it some day or other.

A really original boudoir cap .can be made from alternate rows ol ribbon and lace, each about nineteen inches long, and sewn together to make a straight piece of about twelve inches in depth. Arrange your strips so that vou start with lace and finish with ribbon. The lace end forms the back, and this vou turn up a little way to make a hem. through which is threaded a narrow ribbon to draw the cap up round the nape of the neck, leaving the ends of the ribbon to fall loosely over either shoulder. Now. for ail the rest of the making, you have to hem the sides neatly, and then turn over the top and sew it down at either side for about three inches. This forms the front of the cap, and when the back is pulled up, it makes it fall into a peaked effect, which is very becoming and most unusual. Another pretty way of making a boudoir cap is to have a round piece ©f coloured crepe de chine or silk for the crown, while the rest of the cap is made of circular strips of lace, joined one on to the other until you have the required width. “Ear flaps" make their appearanaee on many of the newest caps, and these are made simply from a semi-circular piece of the material, stiffened at the edge with a narrow piece of hat wire If you are using wide lace, you will probably be able to cut the ear flaps out of this, and. as a pretty finish, ail the joins should be covered with an edging of flower trimming which picks up the colour note of the material.