(Size: seven and one-half inches by two and one-half inches)
1. Draw out one group of threads one inch from edge of canvas.
2. Turn a hem to meet open space and baste with white cotton.
3. Thread needle with red cotton and begin at right hand side as for hemming, keeping the hem at the top.
4. Point needle toward you; put needle under one group of cross threads and pull through.
5. Put needle back and under same group of threads, and point it through the fold of the hem. Pull through.
To make
Pattern 3.—Doll’s Handkerchief
Cut
square
of linen
Cut a five-inch square of linen and prepare to do
HEM-STITCHING ON LINEN
1. One-half inch from the edge of the cloth, with the point of a needle, pick out and draw a coarse thread; then draw several more next to it.
2. Do the same to the other sides.
3. Now, turn a hem each side to meet the open space, and baste.
4. Hem-stitch with number sixty cotton.