“Lend you―even when not in lessons―the Needle-of-Don’t-Have-to-Try,” finished Needle Book, bowing before Mary Frances.
“Oh, please bear to His Majesty my gratefulest gratitude!” said Mary Frances, wondering if that were the right way to send a message to a King.
“Oh, my goodness!” screamed Fairy Lady, turning almost white. “There’s a cat!” And she immediately changed into the metal sewing bird on the edge of the table.
“It’s only Jubey!” laughed Mary Frances, “Aunt Maria sent her to me for fear I’d be lonely. I’ll never let you come here again, Jubey,” she said, picking up the kitten.
Then she opened the package from the King of Thimble Land, and this is what she found:
1. Fold goods crosswise. Lay pattern with edge having two rings (oo) on the fold.
[Illustration: Fold _lengthwise_ and _crosswise_]
3. With a large pin, prick through the rows of pinholes marked FRONT. Or use a tracing wheel.
4. Remove pattern.―Spread the rompers open on a table. Cut _one end_ of rompers off, along the rows of pinholes.
Cut a piece of white lawn ten inches long and five inches wide.
7. Place pattern with both the edges having double rings (oo) on _folded_ edges of lawn.
Cut a piece of lawn fourteen inches long, and four inches wide. Fold _lengthwise_, and _crosswise_.
8. Pin pattern with both edges having double rings (oo) on a fold of lawn. Cut out.
9. Cut sleeve-band with double rings on crosswise fold of lawn.
1. Turn in both edges of the neck-band one-eighth inch. Baste.
2. Lay rompers flat upon table, and pin and sew neck-band in place in the same way as in Morning Dress.
3. Fold rompers _lengthwise_. From the neck, cut a placket down the fold five inches. _Be certain to cut placket in the back_ of the rompers. The back is longer from the neck line than the front.
4. Make placket as in Morning Dress. Fasten with buttons and button-holes.
5. Join rompers under arms with French seam.
7. Make a half-inch hem at end of each leg. _Leave the hem open_ one-half inch at the top. Through this opening run a narrow elastic. After joining ends of elastic, finish the hemming.
8. If desired, cut a pocket by the pattern of the pinafore-pocket. (See Insert II.)
Sew in place on left side of rompers in position shown by dotted lines on pattern.