6. Remove bastings. Turn band over to right side.
Crease along the seam. Baste along the seam.
Turn in edge of trimming-band (or facing) one-quarter inch.
Baste band flat against dress. Stitch (or hem) in place.
7. Make each belt in same way as belt for rompers.
8. Make two collars in same way as collar for fur-lined cape. Pattern 17.
9. Sew collars fast to dress, first pinning notch to the fold-crease of the shoulder at the neck.
Attach collars to dress in same way as underwaist to flannel petticoat.
Lay edge of skirt on trimming band
10. Pin belts in place shown on pattern. Fasten each belt in two places only. On the point, which lies over a plait, sew belt fast, through a button.
These belts hold the fullness of the dress, under arms, in place.
Best wishes to the little girl who “tries.”
King Thimble.
“Can you
get along
without
our help?”
“How beautiful!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “Please thank His Majesty, dear Thimble People.”
“Can you get along without our help, please?” asked Scissors Shears.
“Well,” said Mary Frances, “the Needle-of-Don’t-Have-to-Try, you know,—”