. Household science in rural schools . me work. LESSON XVII: IVIETHODS OF FASTENING GARMENTS Sewing buttons on the aprons, corset-cover, or other ; This lesson should teach neatness in dress, through aconsideration of the best methods of fastening position of the button is measured by drawing theright end of the band one inch over the left end. The placefor the button should be marked with a pin on the leftend of the band. A double thread is fastened on the rightside of the band, drawn through one hole of the button,and back through the other, and then taken
. Household science in rural schools . me work. LESSON XVII: IVIETHODS OF FASTENING GARMENTS Sewing buttons on the aprons, corset-cover, or other ; This lesson should teach neatness in dress, through aconsideration of the best methods of fastening position of the button is measured by drawing theright end of the band one inch over the left end. The placefor the button should be marked with a pin on the leftend of the band. A double thread is fastened on the rightside of the band, drawn through one hole of the button,and back through the other, and then taken through theband close to the first stitch. A pin should be inserted ontop of the button under the first stitch, left there until METHODS OF FASTENING 139 the button is firmly fastened in place, and then the thread is fastened, it should be wrapped twoor three times around the threads holding the button,between the button and the cloth, then fastened neatly onthe wrong side with a few small stitches one on top Fig. 18.—Sewing on iDuttons PRELIMINAEY PLAN Each pupil should come to the class with her apron asnearly completed as possible, and with three buttons tosew on it, for fastening the belt and straps. METHOD OF WOKK The teacher should discuss the best methods of fasten-ing garments and should demonstrate the method of sew-ing on buttons. The pupils should sew one button on theleft end of the apron band in the middle of the widthabout 1 inch from the end, and another button 4 inchesfrom each end of the band, to hold the shoulder straps. 140 HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE IN RURAL SCHOOLS LESSON XVIII: METHODS OF FASTENING GARMENTS—Continued Button-holes on practice piece and on Directions for malcing the hutton-hole.—Pleasure care-fully the position for the button-hole, lengthwise of theband, so that the end will come one quarter of an inchfrom the edge of the garment. j\Iark the length of the
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