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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 508

An illustration from Godey's lady's book, 1840, leaf 508
ke a piece of card ten and ahalf inches by six. Mark on theside which measures six inches sixsquares, the size shown in diagramNo. 1, and on the side that mea-sures ten and a half inches. Mark12 spaces the same size, leave amargin on three sides of a quarterof an inch, rule the whole of thecard… … Sew the card up round, foldingit over on to the margin which isnot notched. Take the purse silkand make a slip noose, and pass itround the two notches marked 1and 2, pull it tight, and bring theend out at notch 1, and pass it downthe perpendicular line to the onemarked 13; passing it inside andout…

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