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plain clothes. They are suitable for house dresses, simple tub frocks, little children’s clothes, and even washable blouses and laundry bags, as well as the ever-present apron.

Here is a vast field for the display of exquisite taste which may result in a delicious rose design on a white ground edging with charm a delicate blue chambray or smart black and white appearing with green or rose colored materials. Of course, a banding with a design is only suitable combined with a plain material or with one which has the design so subdued and interwoven with the background that it has a neutral all-over effect.

Fig. 16. Finishing an edge with embroidered banding

To finish the edge with woven banding, cut off the seam allowance at the edge except an

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