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Title: Godey's lady's book
Year: 1840 (1840s)
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Subjects: Women American literature Costume Arts
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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page 329.)These handkerchief sachets are extremelyuseful, especially in travelling or paying shortvisits from home. They are also very inex-pensive, and easily made, and form pretty and useful presents from young ladies to theirfriends, besides being well suited for contribu-tions to fancy fairs and charitable bazaars. Thematerial of which the handkerchief envelope ismade is white pique*, braided with any ingraincolor, and worked down with wool drawn outof lengths cut from the same. In commencing,pass the end of the braid through a stilettohole, fasten it down at the back, and finish withit in the same way. Although our design is intwo parts, the whole of the envelope must becut in one piece, the ends being left squareand sufficiently long to meet in the middle,when, being sewn up, the points of the enve-lope lay over, and, being fastened with a button,the join is covered. The edge is finished witha strong buttonhole-stitch in the same wool. CHILDS SLIPPEK. TO BE DONE IN CHAIN-STITCH.
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390 godeys ladys book and magazine. NARROW COLLAR, WITH ENDS TO CROSS IN FRONT.

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