“Let us get right to our lesson,” said Sewing Bird, “which is an edge-finishing stitch, named
“Let us
get to
our
lesson”
1. At left hand end of canvas four holes down and four to right, from under side bring needle to right side.
2. Hold thread under thumb. One hole to the right, point needle down, bringing it up in hole two threads below: pull through. Finish row.
3. Fasten as in Overcasting.
4. Repeat this on lower edge of canvas.
“Good!” she said, as Mary Frances finished following the directions, “Now, for a stitch many grown women do not know how to make—a beautiful stitch:
Blanket Stitch