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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 748

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WOEK DEPARTMENT. 165 ARTICLES FOR FANCY FAIRS. WAFER BASKETS. Make a basket of Bristol-paper, of any shapeyou please, as Fig. 1, for instance; then, withgood wafers, of different colors, form stars inthe following manner, to decorate them : Cut awafer in halves, wet the straight edge of oneof them,… … equal distances, so as to form a star of eightrays. (Fig. 2.) When a sufficient quantity ofstars are made, wet the bottoms of the wholewafers, and arrange them with taste on thebasket, so that the exterior of it may be nearlycovered. (Fig. 3.) A handle may be formed ofa strip of Bristol-paper…

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