hemstitch a sleeve. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I measured and cut the linen for the girls to hemstitch. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Harriette Arnow, April, 1976. Interview G-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Run waxed twine through the holes of some classic hemstitch napkins. From Wordnik.com. [Shawn Henderson: 9 Creative Solutions To Last Minute Holiday Crises] Reference
As she did she noticed a white handkerchief lying on the floor beneath the bench, a delicate hemstitch round the edges. From Wordnik.com. [Covenant]
She knew all sorts of things, and was a genius at hemstitch and crochet, wonderful fine work she could do on linen or canvas. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
Nearly every child had regular tasks; they were taught to use their hands as well as their eyes and thoughts, and Ruth was very proud that she could hemstitch nicely, and "set the heel" of a stocking, and finish off its toe. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
When the handle is turned, it stitches and travels over the edges, uniting them faster and more securely than six hand sewers; and several others, representative of the family type of sewing machine, besides Wheeler & Wilson's hemstitch machine, the working of which is of much interest. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887] Reference
Mrs. Sherman picked up a bit of needlework from the table where she had left it, and, sitting down by the window, began to hemstitch. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation] Reference
If he had said that he was going up in a Balloon to hemstitch a couple of Clouds, it would have sounded just as plausible to Mr. Pallzey of the. From Wordnik.com. [Ade's Fables] Reference
If he had said that he was going up in a Balloon to hemstitch a couple of Clouds, it would have sounded just as plausible to Mr. Pallzey of the Wholesale District. From Wordnik.com. [Ade's Fables] Reference
She knew how to hemstitch, but not how to back-stitch, and it was before the days when sewing machines were made as much a part of the household equipment as beds and chairs. From Wordnik.com. [War-time sketches : historical and otherwise,] Reference
"Well, it's certainly a beautiful place, so it is likely she will find a purchaser," said Anne, absently, wondering whether she should hemstitch or feather-stitch little Jem's "short" dresses. From Wordnik.com. [Anne's House of Dreams] Reference
There was an old-fashioned work-basket always full of stockings that never were mended, and a crumpled dresser scarf which Jean had begun to hemstitch more than a year ago in a brief spasm of domesticity. From Wordnik.com. [Jean of the Lazy A] Reference
A sufficiently hungry coal-heaver would do his best to hemstitch a silk pocket-handkerchief for the price of a meal, and a sufficiently hungry woman would wrestle with a coal-heaver's job for the same consideration. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage as a Trade] Reference
And when she found how neatly she could hemstitch and do such beautiful featherstitch, and darn, and read so plainly that it was a pleasure to listen to her, she had to admit that Hannah Ann was a real credit, and, she confessed in her secret heart, a very sweet little girl. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old New York] Reference
I've spent so much time sitting by mommie when she's asleep, and I get tired of reading all the time, so a nurse in this ward -- mommie has a room to herself of course, but not a special nurse, because I can do a lot of the little things -- well, the nurse taught me how to hemstitch. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
I 've spent so much time sitting by mommie when she 's asleep, and I get tired of reading all the time, so a nurse in this ward – mommie has a room to herself of course, but not a special nurse, because I can do a lot of the little things – well, the nurse taught me how to hemstitch. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
Well, take this bit of a yoke -- can you hemstitch as neatly as ever? ". From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
You don't expect me to hemstitch, do you?. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie's New Friend] Reference
A purchaser, "said Anne, absently, wondering whether she should hemstitch or feather-stitch little Jem's" short "dresses. From Wordnik.com. [Anne's House of Dreams] Reference
12. hemstitch. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
The girls were first shown how to turn a hem on a piece of waste paper; then they proceeded to the various stitches in this order: to hem, to sew and fell a seam, to draw threads and hemstitch, to gather and sew on gathers, to make buttonholes, to sew on buttons, to do herring-bone stitch, to darn, to mark, to tuck, whip, and sew on a frill. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
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