“Yes! Yes! My Lady!” he answered sliding quickly out of the basket. “You now know all of us; which shall it be to-day?” All the other shining Fairies were following him. They danced and pranced out of the needle-book very happy to be called.
“Baster, first,” said Margaret importantly. “I’m making a blanket for my doll’s bed and I want to baste the hem at the top and the one at the bottom. Then perhaps you will tell me the best way to sew them to stay.” Sir Bodkin leaned far over the edge of the table to get a better look at the tiny blanket.
“Is it the right length and width for the bed?” he asked Margaret.
“Oh, yes. I measured that before I called you,” she answered, harnessing Baster with basting-thread.
Catch-stitch
“Very good. You do not need to turn the hems down but once. Flannel will not ravel much if quickly held by catch-stitching,” said he.
Margaret and Baster soon had the hems basted.
“What is ‘catch-stitching’?” Margaret asked Sir Bodkin.