. Scientific sewing and garment cutting, for use in schools and in the home;. e value of their clothes shouldbe impressed upon them by means of interesting facts concerning theirtexture and manufacture. THE FIRST MODEL. The first model is a piece of Penelope canvas five inches long andfour inches wide. The double-thread canvas should be used. When the needles are placed in the pupils hands, it should be ex-plained that if the hands are not clean the needle becomes rough, andthat no one can sew well with a rough needle, or when the material onwhich it is used is soiled. Explanations of this sor
. Scientific sewing and garment cutting, for use in schools and in the home;. e value of their clothes shouldbe impressed upon them by means of interesting facts concerning theirtexture and manufacture. THE FIRST MODEL. The first model is a piece of Penelope canvas five inches long andfour inches wide. The double-thread canvas should be used. When the needles are placed in the pupils hands, it should be ex-plained that if the hands are not clean the needle becomes rough, andthat no one can sew well with a rough needle, or when the material onwhich it is used is soiled. Explanations of this sort should be madeas often as possible in order that the pupils may work intelligently andnot mechanically. The first needle used should be a long-eyed anddull-pointed chenille needle. There are three reasons why a beginnershould have this sort of a needle: first, because it is a strain on theunaccustomed eyes of a child to attempt to thread a, small-eyed needle;second, because often the child cannot thread it without assistance, and 24 SCIENTIFIC SEWING AND GARMENT FIRST GRADE WORK. 25 it is most desirable to have her work independently from the first;third, because an ordinary sharp-pointed needle is likely to prick thefingers of an untrained worker. The thimble should be of gold, sil-ver, or aluminium, the latter being thebest cheap material for common use. It should be explained that thethimble is placed on the second fingerbecause it is stronger and longer, andmore conveniently situated than theothers for pushing the needle throughthe fabric. The very best needles should beused, and an emery must be constantlyat hand to keep them perfectly smooth. The thread used in sewing shouldbe just as long as the arm of the onewho is using it. It should be explained that thework is usually done from right to left, and is begun with a backstitchand without knotting the thread. It has been found by repeated ex-periments that a knot in the end of the thread is not a necessity unt
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