Hem-stitching
“If we were not here to help you, dear little Miss, you’d have to wait until you were much bigger before doing hem-stitching, for it is quite a strain on the eyes.
“You may do the canvas hem-stitching; then use the Needle-of-Don’t-Have-to-Try for making dolly’s handkerchief. Otherwise, you could simply hem the edges of the cloth, and learn about
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If lace is to be put on quite full, measure the distance on which it is to be sewed, and allow one and one-half times that distance in lace.
1. Place the right side of the lace to the right side of the cloth. Baste lightly, along one side. Overhand—beginning one-half inch from end of lace.
2. To turn a corner, measure the width of the lace, and allow twice the width, and pin a quarter of an inch beyond the corner. Overhand around the corner. Finish and allow one-half an inch on end of lace beyond sewing. Cut off.
NOTE.—Valenciennes Lace has a heavy thread woven in the top on which the fullness may be drawn. A gathering thread should be run in lace without such a thread.
4. To join the ends of lace you must learn about making a fell.
