ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
He fell headlong to the floor Frontispiece
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“You can do it! You can do it!” 17
She ran to get a pretty dress 22
Running ribbon in beading 24
From the tip of her nose 30
Threading needle 31
Basting 32
Running 33
“Mark with pins” 41
Hemming 42
Blanket-stitch 49
“Blanket-stitching is quite easy” 51
Running around the hole 56
Darning up and down 57
Darning across 58
“Hold the stocking stretched on your hand” 59
Catch-stitch 65
“I’ll put you to sleep in your little bed” 67
“Hold the goods lengthwise and cut” 71
Basting and running on outside of bag 73
Basting and back-stitching on inside of bag 73
Back-stitching 75
10Basting and hemming casing on inside of bag 76
Finished bag 76
Eyelet for casing 77
She went through some simple exercises 80
Making eyelets 86
Cross-stitch 92
“Press the letters on the wrong side” 94
The birds were singing 98
Mending tear 99
Gathering lace 107
Sewing on lace 107
“’Tis done at last” 109
“Ouch! I’m caught” 113
First bastings 116
Third basting 116
Sewing edge of hole 119
Sewing around patch 119
There they all were 122
Four kinds of buttons 125
Ornamental shank pearl buttons 127
Two kinds of buttons 127
Coming up the stairs singing to herself 132
Chain-stitch 134
“Follow a thread of the goods” 140
Bar half-way around 142
11Bar 142
Overcasting half around 143
Buttonhole-stitch 144
Finished buttonhole 144
“Measure one inch up from the hem top” 150
Basting first tuck 152
Tucks basted ready for stitching 154
“I stitched ’em myself” 159
Basting gathers to band 161
Basting down band 162
Sewing on rickrack 170
“I’ll need to wear my apron gay” 174
Outline-stitch 180
“My doll will be glad on Christmas” 181
“Fold each square over diagonally” 186
Hemstitching 187
Hem rolling 190
First overcasting 194
Second overcasting 196
Blanket-stitch 196
Wrapping up her Christmas gifts 198
“For Mother as a surprise” 202
Lazy-daisy stitch 203
French knots 205
“A silver wrist-watch for my birthday!” 213
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The One-Eyed Fairies