“This
is
splendid”
Make eyelets in the facings, and lace Bathing Suit together through the eyelets.
“This is splendid!” exclaimed Mary Frances, as she began to cut out the suit. “Grandma is to be away several hours to-day. I would miss her terribly if it were not for you, dear friends. We have such fun—she and I—almost as much as Father and I, or Mother and I, or Bill and I—or, just as much as Lottie and I! But I want to get these lovely things made for my dear Mary Marie before Grandma comes back.”
“Then,” smiled Fairy Lady, “you must learn to make:”
For practice, use a folded and basted piece of muslin, as for button-holes.
1. Pierce the cloth with a “stiletto,” or very large needle-punch, breaking as few threads as possible.
2. Work the edges of the hole with over-and-over overhanding stitches, close together as possible. Hold work over forefinger of left hand.
NOTE.—In making a large eye-hole, mark a circle with running stitch, cut out close inside the thread. Turn back the edges and work closely with button-hole stitch.
Eyelets