How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 399
the same as overhanding, except the stitches slant, are fartherapart, taken down deeper in the material, and the seam is notopened. HEMMING. First turn in the raw edge four or five threads, according tothe kind of goods to be hemmed, then turn it down again tothe desired width ; this done, baste… … hem (Fig. 294). RUNNING. Pass the needle in andout of the material in astraight Hne (Fig. 295),making all the stitchesthe same size. We believe the rule is to take up two threadsand leave two ; but the length of the stitch should be regulatedby the kind of material used. BASTINGis to take long…
