THE FLANNEL PETTICOAT.
Don’t join the back of the petticoat all the way up, but leave about two inches open at the top to form a placket. Make a narrow hem down each of the two edges of the opening on the wrong side, then place one hem over the other and backstitch them together across the bottom of the placket; this will make it firm, so that you won’t tear the seam when dressing dolly. When you want to backstitch, you start as you would for running, but only taking one stitch at a time, and for each stitch you put your needle back into the end of the stitch you have just made, so that you have a row of even stitches without any spaces between. I think the illustration will explain this to you. If you are going to trim your petticoat with a little embroidery flounce, you must turn a hem round it the same width as your flounce, then whip the top of flounce to the top of the hem. How to do whipping was described on [page 60]. The top of the petticoat is gathered and placed into a band the size for dolly’s waist; putting gathers into a band was described on [page 4].
HOW HERRING-BONING IS DONE.
A RUN AND FELL SEAM AND A SAMPLE OF BACK-STITCHING.
HOW A BUTTON IS SEWN ON.
A FRENCH SEAM BEING MADE.