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Arabella back stitch band baste bean begin bias binding box plait bring button buttonholes canvas CATCH-STITCHING center front clothes corner COVER DARNING directly dolly double draw dress easily fasten fingers finished flannel flat fell fold forefinger French FROCK front fullness garment gathered give half head hemming stitches hold hole hood ILLUSTRATION inch join keep kind knot left hand left side length looks lower edge MANTLE material measure MOTHER LETS muslin narrow neatly neck needle nice ning overhand panties pass patch pattern petticoat piece placket pull Put the needle raw edges ready ribbon right side running stitch sacque seam sewn shoulder silk slanting sleeves slit space square STITCHING STITCH straight straight line string tape thread trim tuck turn twice waist wear wide width wrong side zephyr
Popular passages
Page 3 - Think how nice it would be, when mother is busy with her sewing and mending, to sit beside her on a little low chair and help her with that big sewing...
Page 28 - I have a litle workbox that Grannie gave to me. It's pink and blue with ribbons, and lots inside to see. 'For my busy little seamstress,' said Grannie, low and sweet, 'And my dear, 'twill please me, if you keep it nice and neat!
Page 24 - Hemming, mother tells me, Must be neat and very fine, The stitches small and even, All in a nice, straight...
Page 42 - I'm only a little girl, you see, So don't expect too much of me.
Page 3 - One could learn how to sew a button on brother Tom's shirt, mend a tear neatly in little sister's apron...
Page 12 - I'ma grown-up woman, With my hair up on my head, I'll sit and sew 'til very late And never go to bed!
Bibliographic information
| Title | When Mother Lets Us Sew When mother lets us series |
| Author | Virginia Ralston |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Moffat, Yard, 1910 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jul 11, 2007 |
| Length | 83 pages |
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