This section is from the book "Sewing - Handicraft For Girls", by Idabelle McGlauflin. Also available from Amazon: Sewing Handicraft For Girls.
First Year - Third Grade.
equipment.
Sewing box or Envelope Case.
Pin cushion - 20 pins.
Thimble.
Needles.
Scissors.
Thread cards.
Practice Piece - Unbleached muslin, 9"x6".
Prepare Thread Cards - Cardboard 4"x4", designed and cut for four kinds of thread.
Exercise No. 1 - Basting Design.
Exercise No. 2 - Running Design No. 1.
Exercise No. 3 - Overhanding on Practice Piece.
Exercise No. 4 - Pincushion - Cross stitch - Christmas Piece.
Exercise No. 5 - Running Design - No. 2.
Exercise No. 6 - Overhanding - Running Designs 1 and 2 together.
Exercise No. 7 - Running Design No. 3.*
Exercise No. 8 - Hemming a Towel.‡
Exercise No. 9 - Running Design No. 4.*
Exercise No. 10 - Overhanding - Running Designs 3 and 4 together. Overhanding Nos. 1 and 2 to 3 and 4.*
‡ See Electives, page 17.
NO. 4.


NO. 1.
NO. 2.


NO. 3.
Children In Native Costume. Suggestive Designs In Outline For The Running Stitch Detailed Description Of Exercises.
Teach: One inch, one-half inch, one-fourth inch. Practice: " Drills for Beginners," page 10.
 
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