. Household science in rural schools . als for work should l)e passed. Eachpupil should straighten the ends of her towel by drawing athread. Then she should turn and baste a hem threeeighths of an inch in depth. At the close of the lesson, the pupils should fold theirwork carefully and put it neatly in their boxes. LESSON III: HEMMING TOWELS—Continued The overhanding stitch and the hemming stitch. SUBJECT-MATTER Overhanding (also called overseaming or top sewing).^The edges to be overhanded are held between the firstfinger and the thumb of the left hand, with the edgeparallel to the first fing
. Household science in rural schools . als for work should l)e passed. Eachpupil should straighten the ends of her towel by drawing athread. Then she should turn and baste a hem threeeighths of an inch in depth. At the close of the lesson, the pupils should fold theirwork carefully and put it neatly in their boxes. LESSON III: HEMMING TOWELS—Continued The overhanding stitch and the hemming stitch. SUBJECT-MATTER Overhanding (also called overseaming or top sewing).^The edges to be overhanded are held between the firstfinger and the thumb of the left hand, with the edgeparallel to the first finger. The needle is inserted justbelow and perpendicular to the edge. The needle is HEMMING TOWELS 117 pointed straight toward the worker. The stitches proceedfrom right to left, each stitch being taken a little to theleft of the preceding stitch. The stitches should all bestraight on the right side, but they will slant a little onthe wrong side. They should not be deep. It may bedesirable to use this overhanding stitch at the ends of. Fig. 4.—OTPrhanding hems, to hold the edges of t^he material together. Theoverhanding stitch is also used for seams, for patching,and for sewing on lace. The overhanding of narrow hems is not always neces-sary, but the ends may be made stronger thereby, and thestitch is a valuable one for the j)upils to know. 118 HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE IN RURAL SCHOOLS Hemming.—The hemming-stitch is placed on the insideof the hem. The end of the basted hem is laid over thefirst and under the second finger of the left hand, withthe folded edge outside and the material toward theworker. It is held in place with the thumb. The stitchis begun at the end of the hem. The fastening of thethread is concealed by slipping it underneath the hem in
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