“Yes,” said Mary Frances, getting pencil and paper.
Then Sewing Bird began:
“Yes”
said
Mary
Frances
1. Begin six rows down, and five rows from right hand end with a row of Uneven Basting.
2. A row each of even basting; Running Stitch; Stitching; Catch Stitching; Buttonhole Stitching; Hemming,—each two rows apart.
3. A row of Overhanding—five rows below that.
4. Blanket Stitch the upper edge.
5. Overcast the two ends.
6. Fold canvas back on row of overhanding at bottom of samples.
“Will you bring the pretty sampler, finished, for the next lesson?” asked Sewing Bird.
“I will—so gladly!” said Mary Frances.
“But there’s one stitch more,
There’s one stitch more!