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This book contains lessons in practically all the stitches used in plain needlework, as well as the more useful of the fancy stitches. Each article described and illustrated will be found to contain instructions for some definite branch of sewing; and though all the stitches r...
This book contains lessons in practically all the stitches used in plain needlework, as well as the more useful of the fancy stitches. Each article described and illustrated wil...
2. Part 2For the lowest tuck, crease the material 3½ inches from the bottom of the pinafore, and tack it about ½-inch below the crease, to keep the fold in place. Now, we only want our l...
3. Part 3How much quicker we seem to get on with scissors than with a needle and cotton, don’t we? It is such quick work to cut a hole, but quite slow work to mend one! Well, you are goi...
4. Part 4These should be cut a little longer than the blankets to allow for the wide hems, and for turning back at the top. The very narrowest of hems should be put at each side of the s...
5. Part 5_6th Row._—Pass the pink wool under 1 thread, over 2 threads, under 2 threads, over 6 threads 6 times; now under 2 threads, over 2 threads, under 1 thread. Work 4 more rows like...
6. Part 6The cloth in the picture was about 12 inches square when hemmed, but you can make it just what size suits you best; this will, of course, greatly depend on what you want to use...
7. Part 7Farmyard Curtain, The 107 Featherstitching 5 Featherstitching, Double 23 Feeder in Cross-stitch, A 25 For Dolly’s Bed 55 For Dolly’s Cottage Window 74 For the New Perambulator 6...