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XIX. Hemstitching for Handkerchiefs and Collar and Cuff Sets—Simple Drawn Work Stitches 207 XX. Easy Lace Stitches—Fagotting, Single Mesh, Double Mesh, Spiders, Fan, Maltese Cross, Twisted and Buttonhole Bars, Picots for Simple Edge 227 XXI. Simple Baskets 242 XXII. Raffia Baskets and Napkin Rings 250 XXIII. Raffia Hats 262 XXIV. Knotting for Dolls' Hammocks, Shopping Bags and Other Purposes 271 XXV. Simple Bead Chains on Single Strings—A Homemade Loom—Woven Chains—Belts and Purses 278 XXVI. Braiding and Weaving Four and Six Strands—Weaving on Looms 295 XXVII. Simple Crocheting—Stitchery for Edges and Shawls 306 XXVIII. Pattern Directions for Making Doll Caps and Capes, Jackets, and Child's Bedroom Slippers 320 XXIX. Irish Crochet Lace 333 XXX. Knitting, Plain and Purling—Wash Rags—Fancy Stitches for Shawls 351 XXXI. Doll's Cap, Hood, Leggings, and Jackets 360 XXXII. Embroidery Suggestions for Boarding School Girl 372

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WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR WORK BOX, SEWING ON BUTTONS, BASTING, DARNING

You will find that you are happiest when doing things for those you love; and what greater help can you give than by learning to do things for yourself that now those who love you best do for you? The little everyday things that appear to be so simple, yet take so much of the mother's time should be the things first to learn. There are so many things that one could do if one only knew how, that it seems a shame to waste time. Dolly needs new clothes, mother always needs help with her sewing; and then, too, the numerous birthdays and Christmases follow so quickly one on top of another, that there is hardly a chance to save up for one before the next is here. Many a hard problem for the little mother will be solved in this book.

It is lovely to have a little work-box fixed up with thread, needles, and scissors, all of your own, and if you ask mother, I am sure she will give some of her threads to help you start one. If you take a card and shape it like a Maltese cross you will have space for four colours of threads. You will need a card for the white