“What this is for?”
“Do you remember the overhanding stitch on canvas? Yes? Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together. You put the needle in straighter, and more toward you—like this,” as she placed the needle in position.
“Now fold the two hemmed ends together, the right sides facing each other.
“Baste along the longer edges with even basting. Overhand these edges together.
“You would not always overhand the sides of a bag together,—you could run it, or back-stitch, or combination stitch it; but we want this unusually strong because your dolly will have so many clothes to be stuffed into it. I should say handkerchiefs, because this bag is really a handkerchief bag, or a little laundry bag.”
“My, how well you have done this side. Let me touch the other side with my bodkin wand—there!” And behold, the other side was overhanded.
“That’s lovely, thank you, dear Fairy Lady!” exclaimed Mary Frances, examining the perfectly beautiful stitches. “How did—?”