The child whose clothes were formerly sewn on to him, to save his mother the periodical labour of sewing on buttons, is now undressed and bathed regularly.

"She coaxes me to let her sew for Prue, and I found her in the kitchen making cake last Saturday afternoon.

Their colour was a deep moss green, or so it looked at a little distance, or when seen in the shade, but in the sunshine it sparkled as if small, shining, many-coloured beads had been sewn in the cloth; only there were no beads; it was only the shining threads that made it sparkle so, like clean sand in the sun.

Mrs. Loo and Nurse chose green which was to be sewn with red silk.

There were reminders of her at every turn,there was the place where she had sat sewing in the evenings; over the fireplace hung a little picture she had painted, rude enough, no doubt, but beautiful to my eyes.

She had been looking over the travellers' boots and "mitts," and now, without a word or even a look being exchanged upon the subject, she sat there in the corner, by the dim, seal-oil light, sewing on new thongs, patching up holes, and making the strange men tidymen she had never seen before and would never see again.

Notices like the following often appeared in the daily papers at that time: "Ladies Aid SocietyA meeting of the ladies' aid society for the purpose of sewing for the relief of the wounded soldiers at our forts, and also for the assistance of the destitute refugees now thronging our city, is called to meet this morning at Ingersoll hall.

Or maybe he seeks a hilltop for a view of the fields that lie below patched in many colors, as though nature had been sewing at her garments and had mended the cloth from her bag of scraps.

Two long strips were sewn to the sides of the blanket by which he held.

Bran sewed into a bag, as it can be reheated, will be found the cleanest and most useful; especially for sore throats.

We were very dull at first, but I remember many pleasant evenings, when we played whist; and Mary Hawker, in her widow's weeds, sat sewing by the fireside contentedly enough.

So while Mother was busy sewing at nights I devoted myself to writing.

I knew well enough how she would jump and throw down her sewing with a little scream, and run and put her arms about my neck and cry, and couldn't help herself.

Not to lose ground, however, she hired herself to the neighbouring farmers' wives to sew during her spare time, leaving Dame Damerel to the occasional care of Susan Larkin.

This lining, of which all the seams should be turned toward the outside, should end at the belt line, and between it and the cloth outside should be a layer of canvas, cut and shaped as carefully as possible, and the whalebones, each in its covering, should be sewed between the canvas and the sateen.

With homes broken up and the breadwinner gone, these untrained women took up sewing as the only thing they could do, and so overstocked the labor market that a new "Song of the Shirt" rose from attic to basement in the poorer districts of all the larger cities.

Strength is not desirable in the sewing of a habit skirt.

'Rock of Ages is its favorite one, and I never sew without singing it.'

When he reached home, Mrs. Harding was sewing beside the fire.

They sew up the bags, which are then hauled away to be marked with the factory brand.

His badge was worn on the left arm, as were the others, but it had a strip of white braid sewn beneath it.

The bank-notes were rolled in this, and the gold pieces and the "bits"which were small wedges of coin cut from silver dollarswere in two pouches sewed across the end of the strip.

"To stop and whip out an emergency bandage which the prince, like every officer and private, carries sewed inside the blouse, and bind it around the thigh to check the bleeding was the work of but a moment.

He was very old, had lost the sight of one eye, and wore an old straw hat of European manufacture, decorated with stripes of red and blue cloth sewn round it.

Once women taught their daughters housekeeping and sewing from stern principle, and made it neither beautiful nor attractive.