This section is from the book "A Sewing Course For Teachers", by Mary Schenck Woolman. Also available from Amazon: A sewing course for teachers.
Sew a tape or ribbon to the hem at the center of the lap and tie it around the ease (Fig. 40), or sew flat linen or lace buttons to the pocket below the lap on either side of the middle of the front and make loops of buttonhole-stitches in the lap to fasten over the buttons.
 
Continue to: