“Of course you didn’t, dear little Seamstress,” smiled Fairy Lady. “That’s why I’m here!”
“Thank you, Fairy Lady,” said Mary Frances.
“Thank
you,
Fairy
Lady”
“Now, you may begin work on the laundry bag.”
Mary Frances smilingly basted the hems near the edges with even basting stitches, and then began to do the hemming.
Fairy Lady watched her intently all the while.
“There!” Mary Frances suddenly exclaimed. “I’ve broken my thread. How do I join it?”
“I will show you this once,” said Fairy Lady. “You do it in very much the same way as in starting the work,” and she taught Mary Frances how to tuck both ends of thread under the hem.
“When you finish, just fasten the thread by taking two or three stitches in the fold. That’s a pretty good looking hem for the first real hem on muslin,” said Fairy Lady.