ILLUSTRATIONS

He fell headlong to the floor[Frontispiece]
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“You can do it! You can do it!”[17]
She ran to get a pretty dress[22]
Running ribbon in beading[24]
From the tip of her nose[30]
Threading needle[31]
Basting[32]
Running[33]
“Mark with pins”[41]
Hemming[42]
Blanket-stitch[49]
“Blanket-stitching is quite easy”[51]
Running around the hole[56]
Darning up and down[57]
Darning across[58]
“Hold the stocking stretched on your hand”[59]
Catch-stitch[65]
“I’ll put you to sleep in your little bed”[67]
“Hold the goods lengthwise and cut”[71]
Basting and running on outside of bag[73]
Basting and back-stitching on inside of bag[73]
Back-stitching[75]
Basting and hemming casing on inside of bag[76]
Finished bag[76]
Eyelet for casing[77]
She went through some simple exercises[80]
Making eyelets[86]
Cross-stitch[92]
“Press the letters on the wrong side”[94]
The birds were singing[98]
Mending tear[99]
Gathering lace[107]
Sewing on lace[107]
“’Tis done at last”[109]
“Ouch! I’m caught”[113]
First bastings[116]
Third basting[116]
Sewing edge of hole[119]
Sewing around patch[119]
There they all were[122]
Four kinds of buttons[125]
Ornamental shank pearl buttons[127]
Two kinds of buttons[127]
Coming up the stairs singing to herself[132]
Chain-stitch[134]
“Follow a thread of the goods”[140]
Bar half-way around[142]
Bar[142]
Overcasting half around[143]
Buttonhole-stitch[144]
Finished buttonhole[144]
“Measure one inch up from the hem top”[150]
Basting first tuck[152]
Tucks basted ready for stitching[154]
“I stitched ’em myself”[159]
Basting gathers to band[161]
Basting down band[162]
Sewing on rickrack[170]
“I’ll need to wear my apron gay”[174]
Outline-stitch[180]
“My doll will be glad on Christmas”[181]
“Fold each square over diagonally”[186]
Hemstitching[187]
Hem rolling[190]
First overcasting[194]
Second overcasting[196]
Blanket-stitch[196]
Wrapping up her Christmas gifts[198]
“For Mother as a surprise”[202]
Lazy-daisy stitch[203]
French knots[205]
“A silver wrist-watch for my birthday!”[213]

The One-Eyed Fairies