Hand sewing lessons; a graded course for schools and for the home - PREFACE - The value of these lessons has been proven by fifteen pears of experience in the c c Self-Help Circle, a school organized to instruct girls in the domestic arts. At first they were taught on clothing for themselves, which they paid for in small sums from week to week. It was found that while all learned to make garments for home use, few became expert needlewomen. Haste to complete wearing apparel resulted in inferior workmanship. A conlbination course was adopted which gives variety with continuity. It has been used for several years with excellent results. Pupils are taught that only by careful practice can they hope to excel, that these models are tlie way illarks of their progress, and will be treasured by them in the future as their own handiwork. With the text, they form a book of reference on making and mending garments that is highly prized. l Hand Sewing Lessons is a book for those who wish to learn sewing and how to teach it to others. It gives a practical course for normal and high school classes and supplies trained teachers with printed instructions for pupils in place of writtcn ones that take so niuch time and that overlap the work of other departments. The stitches are combined for practice while new ones are being learned, so as to form a continuous line of progress and carry out the principle of bridging the way from the known to the unknown, and of making a pleasant road to knowledge, which will beconie a part. of daily life in after pears. Thanks are due to hirs. Edwin E. Leggett of Detroit, former superintendent of the Solvay Sewing School, Delray, Michigan, for suggestions from her school notes and plan of finger exercises, and to Mrs. Julia dArcamba1 Giddings for her assistance. S. E. K. 5 CONTENTS. , c. 1 0 T, cliers I Yu lotilc s . . 1 , r, . f , o , . l ali-. - l Syni112 l i f i t . . I i i 1 1 . . , 1 I 1 t i i11i11 1 h r c . , I . i I O I C e j COIII I I-, I O , r I , I 1 1 1 i o ir. i1i1 ILLII I II c O I , . 2 PART FIRST. PART SECOND. 1 0 1 I 1. E I c L S eL n in l Running nnil Hxlt-t nck, titch . . l hlocltl I z. atliering ancl a iging . 41 JIoclel I. Ilnc. ket for Incler renr . - i i 1 0 1 1 I . 1 lnc. kets for Ilresses . i j JIoclel J. Ihtton-holes, Hilttons, Hooks ant1 Eye., Eyelet,, a ltl Thrcatl-eyes S 4 o JIodel 16. Hiai and Corner JIatching . 40 hlotlel I . kerhand 1 tc h 5 2 Jlotlel rS. Hemmecl Intch , 5 2 hlodel 19. Sight S1 irt Frolit . 5.5 , IIo lel 20. Gussets 5 i List of Stitches . 50 PART THIRD, Yodel 21. Weaving 011 Cardboard ancl Darning on Stockinet . 57 hlodel 2 2 . French Hem, and Darning on Canras and lable Linen . 5 Stitches on Illustration 3 j . 59 Stitches on Illustration 34 , . 61 DIVISIOS IX . Model 23. Feather-stitch, Herring-bone stitch, Chain-stitch and Fagoting . . . 61 Model 24. Darning on Cashmere, Slip-stitch, or Blind Hem and Purl Edge . b I . 63 8 l l l l - l 111. I I I g I r I tl le nl s t r0111 l t t t B r n h , I I I I C . ti, rI , I I I , , I I I I I t h t Ic. sor13 o11 tilt. i loliei, . I I r, ftin r hiltlrenh irlllenl. - i , . I irr tioi s for t ti lg I oils I rts. . - 1 1 ., t. irlgcr I, serc, e , s T 0 i t h r tc111irrcl f o r t e r t y sr t, oi Sl tleli . S Outiiilt. for n lwo ears I c rse . S i. gynl 7t. aving . . SA Pieces rctlliired for ont 5ct of . lei ltbls . S j b 1 111 b 11 l Y l . I n t l l , n Read York ...