Which preposition to use with sews
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.
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.
So while Mother was busy sewing at nights I devoted myself to writing.
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.
'Rock of Ages is its favorite one, and I never sew without singing it.'
His badge was worn on the left arm, as were the others, but it had a strip of white braid sewn beneath it.
When he reached home, Mrs. Harding was sewing beside the fire.
"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.
They sew up the bags, which are then hauled away to be marked with the factory brand.
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.
Not that the bag contained any medicine, such as we understand by the wordfor it was nothing but a small piece of skin sewed like a bag, curiously ornamented, and stuffed with straw or leavesbut because he regarded it as a charm.
The bag will be found more handy if a small hoop of wire is sewn around the top and two tapes attached to hang it by while the hot juice is draining, or a wooden frame to support the bag may be easily constructed like the one shown on page 74.
I also wore a cloak that was dark purple with two thin strips of dark-blue along the border and a row of large dark sapphires sewn along the purple between them; it hung down from my shoulders behind me.
But sometimes I've mistrusted something like what I discovered very indignantly one day when I was four years old, and fancied I was making a petticoat, sewing through and through a bit of flannel.
One day, as Miss Wimple sat in a low Yankee rocking-chair, sewing among her books, she was favored with the extraordinary apparition of Miss Madeline Splurge,her first visitor that day, whether on business or curiosity.
Every soldier has sewn under a corner of his coat a strip of rubber cloth.
The night before the family was to leave, therefore, she was getting ready a garment for herself to wear on the trip; and it was supposed that she sewed until midnight, or after, when she fell asleep, letting the goods fall into the candle.
"Did you learn to sew from the sisters?" asked Ted, who had been looking at the garments she had made, in which the stitches, though made in skins and sewn with deer sinew, were as even as though done with a machine.
I follow your work with my eyes, or I listen to your words, seated beside you and seeking to divine the word which you are about to utter; your sisters sew by our side.