“Only one thing more,” said Fairy Lady, “the way to hide the starting of the thread. You put the needle in between the fold and the cloth, and tuck it down. Then put it in, or ‘insert’ it, at 1, and push it out at 2, and pull it through. Can you do it on the ends of the laundry bag?”
“Yes, I think I can,” said Mary Frances.
“One minute,” said Fairy Lady, as Mary Frances started.
“First, you must turn in the edges. Here is a piece of paper the size of the laundry bag.
“On the longer edge, turn up and crease a quarter of an inch fold as you did in preparing the paper hem. Now, turn the hem on each end as I have already shown you.
“That’s it!—and that’s all for to-day’s lesson. It was a tech-ni-cal lesson,” she said.
Now, turn the hem on each end as I have already shown you.”