This section is from the book "Sewing - Handicraft For Girls", by Idabelle McGlauflin. Also available from Amazon: Sewing Handicraft For Girls.
Fourth Year - Sixth Grade.
equipment.
Sewing box or envelope case.
Pin cushion - 30 pins.
Thimble.
Needles.
Scissors.
Thread cards.
Practice Piece - Unbleached muslin 9"xl2".
Use No. 80 thread for machine work.
Prepare Thread Cards - Cardboard 4"x4" - designed and cut for four kinds of thread.
Exercise No. 31 - Stocking Darning.
Exercise No. 32 - A Machine Practice Piece.
Exercise No. 33 - An Apron - Christmas Piece.*
Exercise No. 34 - A Lesson in Color.
Exercise No. 35 - Buttonholes.
Exercise No. 36 - A Trial Piece for the Back of a Petticoat.
Exercise No. 37 - A Hemstitched Handkerchief.+
Exercise No. 38 - A Round Holder and Case.
Exercise No. 39 - A Petticoat or Princess Slip.
Exercise No. 40 - Textile Fibers and Fabrics - Flax.
See Electives, page 49.
Teach the yard measure and its divisions. See note under Exercise No. 35 - Buttonholes

Stockinet Darning.
 
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