Exercise No. 43--Collars, Jabots, Bows, etc.--Christmas Piece.[32]
Exercise No. 44--A Study of Home Furnishing, Decoration and Care.[33]
Exercise No. 48--Textile Fibers and Fabrics--Wool.
Review Divisions of the Foot and Yard Measure.
EXERCISE NO. 41--A TRIAL PIECE FOR FINISHING THE BOTTOM OF A PAIR OF DRAWERS.
_Materials:_ India linen 8" × 8", ruffle 12" woof, 2" warp; white thread No. 70; needle No. 8.
[Illustration: A TRIAL PIECE, GIVING PRACTICE ON THE HEMMED SEAM, TUCKING, AND PUTTING A RUFFLE INTO A HEM-TUCK.]
Hemmed Seam: One inch and a quarter from the top crease a fold with the warp. Cut on this crease.
See description of the Hemmed Seam, page 86.
Putting a ruffle into a hem-tuck and tucking: Measure up from the bottom two and one-fourth inches--or twice the width of the hem-tuck plus one-fourth inch for the seam--and crease with the warp, across the piece. Stitch, or run by hand an inch tuck, taking care to measure and make perfectly even. Measure up three-eighths of an inch from this stitching and crease for another tuck. Stitch, or run by hand an eighth of an inch tuck. Measure up three-eighths of an inch for another tuck. Put in a cluster of three tucks. Hem the ruffle with an eighth of an inch hem, gather and stroke the gathers.
See description of gathering and sewing a ruffle to a straight edge, page 69.
Place the wrong sides of the cloth and ruffle together and baste to the edge extending below the hem-tuck, bringing the seam exactly to the edge of the tuck. Baste and stitch the edge of the hem-tuck over the seam of the ruffle.
EXERCISE NO. 42--AN UNDERWAIST OR CORSET COVER.
_Materials:_ Pupils may furnish their own materials for an underwaist such as they wear. This may be of any style. Patterns can be secured from the mothers. If there is any difficulty in securing supplies from the home, a child's waist on a small scale may be substituted.
_Materials:_ Bleached muslin 24" woof by 10" warp, bias facings 54" by 1"; white thread No. 70; needle No. 8.
See the draft for the pattern of the small underwaist, page 53.
Patterns: Multiply all dimensions by four. Each girl can draft her pattern from the teacher's dictation, or one pattern can be drafted before the lesson and the members of the class cut their patterns from this one. Insist that the patterns be exact. Have the patterns pinned on, and submitted for inspection before the cutting is done, to avoid blunders and waste of material. Cut the front double. One inch has been allowed for the hem on the backs.