Three short courses in home making

The teacher should have the necessary materials for sowing on hand, or should have them supplied by the children. The materials needed will include material for towels, white thread for basting and hemming, and cardboard pieces for measuring. The teacher should also have a large square of unbleached muslin or canvas, 18 by 18 inches, and a large darning needle and colored worsted thread to use for demonstration purposes. The canvas should be pinned to the blackboard, where the class can see it easily. Fig. 3.— Even basting. METHOD OF WORK. As soon as class is called, supplies are at hand, and hands are in proper condition, the teacher should demonstrate the basting stitch with a large needle and thread on the square of canvas that has been fastened on the wall. Materials should be passed for work. Each girl should straighten the ends of her towel by drawing a thread, Then she should turn and baste a hem three-eighths of an inch in depth at each end. At the close of the lesson the girls should fold up their work care- fully and put it neatly in their boxes. II- J\ 'A INC. LESSON 111. HEMMING roWELS Continued). I lu- Overhanding Stitch an. I the Hemming Stitch. 81 i:.n.( r .M \ I iii:. Overhandi i ilso called overseaniing or whipping) . The edges i<> be overhanded are held between the :;i-t Qiiger and thumb of 1 1 1 < - left hand with th< • paralli ! to the lirsi finger. The needle is inserted just l>t>l(A\ and perpendicular to the edge. The needle is pointed straight toward the worker The stitches proc 1 from right (<» Left, ;i Btitch b( taken n little to the left of the preceding stitch. / ■ •111 all be straight on the righl side, but they will slant ii little on th< ide. The . dnot 1»<' deep. It i be i ■ i handing Is of linns to hold er. The overhanding stitcl for j>;i tching, . The ovcrhi ' of narro • not a] ary, but ; cn<!s may be mi gar thereby, ■! titch is a valuable i for the girls i«> know. Hemming. — The hemming tit ofthehe The end of the basted hem is l.-ii- • and under the second finger of the left hand with the fob d edge on d bh< erial 88 THREE SHORT COURSES IN HOME MAKING. toward the worker. It is held in place with the thumb. The stitch is begun at the end of the hem. The fastening of the thread is con- cealed by slipping it underneath the hem in the inside fold of the material. The needle is pointed over the left shoulder, a small stitch is taken through the material just under the hem, then through the edge of the hem. This is repeated, making the next stitch nearer the worker, and moving the goods from right to left away from the worker as necessary. Uniformity of slant, size, and spacing of stitches is important. Fig. 5.— Hemming. PRELIMINARY PLAN. Before this lesson is given, all the girls should report to the teacher with both ends of their towels basted so that they will all be ready to proceed at once with the new stitches. METHOD OP WORK.