Mental development and manual training combined, taking up the one stitch dropped in sewing by drills to sound-singing (1899)
Dunham, Mary Elizabeth. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, Columbia book co. · leaf 29
g all the sounds of the scale with each stitch ; leave a spacebetween the stitches the same length as the stitches (not less thanhalf an inch) for even basting. Fasten the end by taking a full back stitch, going back overthe last basting stitch taken two or three times. Remember thepart taken upon… … Fold the two long edges of paper together and hold thembetween the thumb and first finger of the left hand, with thehand over the top edge. 23 Instead of the horizontal arm circle, as is used in basting, thevertical must now be used ; the upper outward swing being thefirst count. Bring the needle…
Sewing schools · Manual training
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