should have been completed before the pupils report for this
lesson.

METHOD OF WORK

As soon as the pupils report for the lesson, the teacher should explain
the method of attaching the straps to the bib and tell them how to
finish the former. As they proceed with their work, she should supervise
them carefully and assign the unfinished portion to be done out of
class.

LESSON XVI: APRONS OR UNDERGARMENTS--Continued

_Putting the bib and the skirt on the belt._

SUBJECT-MATTER

The middle of the bottom of the bib should be determined, and pinned to
the middle of the upper edge of the belt, to which the skirt has already
been attached. The belt should be fastened to the wrong side of the bib.
The gathering string of the bib should be drawn up, leaving 2 inches of
fulness on each side of the middle. The bib should be pinned, basted,
and sewn to the belt. The remaining long edges of the belt should be
turned in one quarter of an inch, and the ends one inch. The edges of
the other belt piece should be turned in in the same way, and should be
pinned over the belt to which the skirt and the bib have been attached
(with all the edges turned in), and basted carefully, to keep the edges
even. The skirt and the bib should be hemmed to this upper belt, and all
the remaining edges should be overhanded.

PRELIMINARY PLAN

The bib and the straps of the apron should be completed before the
pupils report for this lesson.

METHOD OF WORK

The teacher should guide the pupils carefully in the various steps
necessary in fastening the bib to the belt and in completing the belt.
If the hemming and overhanding is not completed during the class hour,
they may be assigned as home work.

LESSON XVII: METHODS OF FASTENING GARMENTS

_Sewing buttons on the aprons, corset-cover, or other garment._

SUBJECT-MATTER

This lesson should teach neatness in dress, through a consideration of
the best methods of fastening garments. The position of the button is
measured by drawing the right end of the band one inch over the left
end. The place for the button should be marked with a pin on the left
end of the band. A double thread is fastened on the right side of the
band, drawn through one hole of the button, and back through the other,
and then taken through the band close to the first stitch. A pin should
be inserted on top of the button under the first stitch, left there
until the button is firmly fastened in place