What in your basket,
Pray, have you?”
asked Sewing Bird.
Then Mary Frances answered, “These are the articles needed, my Grandma said,
1. Spools of cotton, white, Nos. 36, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80; also one of red, No. 50. One spool of basting cotton.
2. One little strawberry emery bag to brighten and sharpen needles.
3. Pins.
4. A piece of beeswax.
5. A tape measure.
6. A pair of scissors.
7. A paper of ground-down needles, Nos. 5’s—10’s.
8. Some unbleached muslin.
9. Thimble.
To Outfit a Work Basket
and, oh, look! here is a large piece of Java canvas, and a package of blunt tapestry or zephyr needles, No. 19, and some red D. M. C. working cotton, No. 8, that Grandma put in here yesterday.”