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 easily done. Not only is it used for infants' clothes but is frequently seen on the French type of hand made blouse or lingerie frock and on frocks of crepe de chine.

The fagoting is rarely of a contrasting color but matches in color and shade the material and, of course, nothing is prettier for a baby than white fagoting on white goods. The heavier cotton or silk will speed the work along. Again, it is desirable to choose a rather soft finish, as it will more easily pass through the material to be joined.



Fig. 7 shows the position of the needle in fagoting. Fasten the sewing cotton to one piece of goods. Pass the needle diagonally to the other piece under the stitch just made and take a stitch in the material of the opposite side and continue back and forth as in the illustration.

Cat Stitch: There was a time when cat stitching was only used for underthings but now it is quite the smart thing to cat stitch the