A manual of plain needlework and cutting-out (1886)
Jones, Emily G · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 81
en tirely avoided : — Turn down the edge of the patch once, then fix it perfectly straight on the wrong side of the garment ; let the fixing threads be quite at the edge of the patch, and straight ; then turn over to the right side of the garment. The fixing threads will be a guide as to the… … Fig. 17. — Darning a Three-Cornered Tear. edge of the garment well under, and tack it. The patch is now so fixed that Standard I. might put in the rest of the stitches. In working for examination it should be remembered that the fixing is the. test of the child's knowledge. The seaming, as I said…
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