Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 37
ng. II BACK-STITCHING, OVER-CASTING, CREASING A HEMAND HEMMING, ROLLING A HEM, FRENCH HEM-MING, SEWING ON TAPES AND HOOKS AND EYES STITCHING is witching, the song book says,and it is true, for after we know that stitchthere are a hundred and one things we cando. Some people call it back-stitching… … Fig. 9. The right way to hold your scissors and cut out two three-inch squares. Baste the twosquares together a quarter of an inch from the edge.Hold the square over the first finger of the lefthand ready for the back-stitching. Let the bastingrun up and down over your finger. Start from the 12…
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