Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 46
n (Figure 21). NEEDLECRAFT 21 Napkins and table-covers should be sewed witha French hem. Make a turn about a sixteenth ofan inch deep. The secondturn should be about threesixteenths of an inch wide.Fold the hem back so that ittouches the right side of thematerial. The hem is con-nected to the… … Fig. 22. Whipping to roll the material for the edge instead of folding it.Over-cast or, as we sometimes say, whip it withdelicate-coloured cotton, (Figure 22). The nicestmaterial for handkerchiefs is fine linen, but lawn 22 NEEDLECRAFT is cheaper for practice work. Hold the wrong sideof the…
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