Show WAY TO MAKE NEAT HEM accomplishment few women seem to have at command it is really surprising bow how few women know how to make a neat hem al alt trough kough this was considered a necea sery scry accomplishment in the days of our grandmothers it Is used to finish the raw edges of gooda goods and it is mort important that it be evenly and ard neatly turned down always turn it toward you to do this turn down one ter of an inch all along the edge and bate it on the crease with even basting stitches take a stiff piece of cardboard and mark on it the exact width of the hem place the edge of the creased cardboard at the creased edge of the goods and mark the desired width with a thread using the short and long basting stitch fold the hem on this line of thread and baste to the material along the upper edge with an even basting in beaming do not use a knot mold hold the hem across a the end of the forefinger fore fluger of the left hand point the needle toward you to the thee right and insert it under the edge of the hem close to the right hand draw the needle through leaving an end of the thread to be tucked under the edge to agin the hemming stitch point the needle toward the middle of the left thumb and take up one thread of the cloth and the same of the fold to have the thread slant in the right di section lou see that each time a stitch ie to taken that the needle points directly across the middle of the left thumb to have the hem appear well when finished care must be taken to have the distance between each stitch ex acely the same rame exchange |