When this was done and Baster and Large Runner were resting in the pincushion on the table, Margaret pulled out the bastings and turned the little bag wrong side out.
“Run your finger all along the seam inside to push it well out to the sewing. Now baste the seam a little more than a quarter inch from the edge, so there will be no raw edges showing on the finished felled seam,” the King said.
“Is this a felled seam?” Margaret asked.
“Yes, it is a French fell,” Sir Bodkin said.
When the seam was basted, Sir Bodkin asked Large Runner to come and back-stitch it.
“It must be sewed good and strong to stand the strain of holding heavy marbles,” said Sir Bodkin.
With Margaret’s right fingers holding him, Large Runner went to one end of the seam, at the corner of the bag, and began to step along, singing:
Back-stitching
“With three steps to start