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Requirements from 1920's "Scouting for Girls" SYMBOL- SPOOL, THREAD AND NEEDLE 1. Know how to run a seam, overcast, roll and whip, hem, tuck, gather, bind, make a French seam, make button hole, sew on buttons, hooks and eyes, darn and patch. Submit samples of each. 2. Show the difference between “straight” and “on the bias,” and how to make both. 3. Know the difference between linen, cotton and woolen, and pick out samples of each. 4. Know how thread, silk and needles are numbered and what the numbers indicate. 5. Show how to measure and plan fullness for edging or lace. 6. Know how to lay a pattern on cloth, cut out a simple article of of wearing apparel and make same. Use this article to demon- strate as much of question 1 as possible. 7. Knit either a muffler, sweater or baby's jacket and cap and crochet one yard of lace or make a yard of tatting. 8. Hemstitch or scallop a towel or bureau scarf and work an initial on it in cross stitch. REFERENCES : “Complete Dressmaker,” C. E. Laughlin, Appleton. “Art in Needlework,” S. F. Day, Scribner.Category
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