[Illustration: Fairy Lady sailing down from the table]
[Illustration: Let me see. said Fairy Lady]
“I must not tell you another word,” said the little lady; “I shouldn’t have said even that!”
“Oh, I wouldn’t have dared whisper that,” said Tommy Pin Cushion to Emery Bag. “Why, the King would have shaken the stuffing out of me!”
“This,” exclaimed Fairy Lady, “is just the thing to make a party dress for Mary Marie,” and she held up a piece of most beautiful fabric.
“What is it?” asked Mary Frances. “I didn’t see that in the trunk!”
Mary Frances held up the sparkling goods. It was very, very fine, and thin, yet not veil-like. It shone like spun glass, and was made of the colors of the rainbow.
“How exquisite!” breathed the little girl. “Isn’t it beautiful! Please, dear Fairy Lady, where did it come from?”
“It came,” said Fairy Lady, “from your friend, the King of Fairy Thimble Land.”
“Oh,” said Mary Frances. “Did you, dear Fairy Lady, did you bring it?”
[Illustration: “I wouldn’t have dared whisper that!”]
[Illustration: She held up a little satchel]
“In this,” nodded Fairy Lady, and she held up a little satchel that looked like Mary Frances’ mother’s pearl earring.
“Will it go in such a tiny satchel?” asked the little girl, in an awed voice.
“Yes,” smiled Fairy Lady, “but the pattern takes up more room.”
“Did you carry that, too?” asked Mary Frances.
“Yes, in a little suit case,” said Fairy Lady.
“May I see the pattern?” asked Mary Frances.
She wondered how Fairy Lady would get back on the table, but the little lady spread her wings again―this time showing the lovely coloring and golden tips.
Flying high above the table, she came down and settled herself in the doll’s rocking chair.
PATTERN 19.―DOLL’S GUIMPE (FOR PARTY DRESS)
Suggestions for material.―Dimity or lace.
1. Pin pattern with edge having two rings (oo) on a _crosswise_ fold of goods. Cut out.
[Illustration: “Yes, in a little suit case”]
2. Cut guimpe sleeve-band, with arrow lengthwise of material.
2. Fold sleeve-band through center, lengthwise. (See dotted line on pattern.)
3. Sew sleeve-bands in place at ends of sleeves, in same way as band of little “tie around apron.”
4. Join guimpe under arms with French seams.
5. Make a half-inch hem down each side of back.