Cornell, Louise Frances · Boston, The Page company · leaf 58
coarse muslin cut five and a half inches wideand four inches deep. To get the hem ready for sewing is just asimportant as being able to do fine stitches.Every part of the hem has to be measured toget it even; to do this a piece of cardboard isprepared which is called a marker. This is theway to… … } TURNING AND BASTING HEM GUIDE FOR TURNING HEM from the end; that is, if the hem is to be aninch wide, make a notch an inch from the endof the cardboard. On the long side of the muslin strip turn inthe raw edge one eighth of an inch, and creasewith the thumb nail; next with the markernotched for…
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