AN OUTLINE SWALLOW FOR COUNTING THE CROSSES.
Sew up the side seams with a run and back-stitch, then oversew the edges of the seams together, so that you do not have any frayed edges inside your pocket. The ends of the hem are not joined into the seams at each side, but these are turned in and oversewn to make them neat. This loose hem at the top of the pocket makes it easier for the nightdress to be slipped in and out.
Now you turn in an even hem all round the flap and hemstitch it. Directions for hemstitching are given on [page 30]. You will also find out how to work cross-stitch designs over canvas on [page 26], and you can work your birds in the same way from the diagram given.
You will see that your nightdress pocket would be quite complete without the frill, but this makes a very pretty finish to it. Cash’s Frillings are supplied with a thread that draws up already in, so that you will have no need to gather your frilling but just to draw it up. If you measure round the flap, and then draw your length of frilling up to this size and distribute the fulness evenly all the way along, you can then just oversew the drawn-up edge of the frill to the edge of the hem all round on the wrong side of the flap.
[An Easy-to-make Pinafore.]
