=Besides using lace, what are some other ways of finishing a garment?= We shall send for our laces and also learn another way to finish neck and sleeves, which will cost less. We can use bias bands of lawn to finish the rough edges. Cut them 2½-inches wide (see page 25), and they will be about one inch finished. The feather stitch added will make a pretty decoration. Scalloping is easy. The gowns might be finished with the hand scallop around neck and sleeves, if one has the time. =We shall learn how to sew on the lace insertion or edging.= The girls who use lace may decide to have only the edging. If insertion or beading is used, too, it is sewed on first. While we are waiting for the lace to come, we can prepare the edges of the neck and sleeves. If we use a French fell, the sewing will not show on the right side at all when the lace is entirely in place; besides, only one sewing is necessary for the hem and lace. This is how it is done: 1. Turn to the _right side_ of the garment at both neck and sleeve edges, a hem of ⅛-inch. The first turning must, also, be ⅛-inch. Baste very carefully with small stitches. 2. Turn these hems backward to wrong side and crease so that the edge of the turned hem is exactly at the finished edge of the garment. This is where the lace is to be sewed. We shall learn how to sew on the lace next lesson. EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS 1. Bring to school all the samples of lace you can find at home. With your teacher's help compare and discuss their uses. Mount the best samples for an exhibit. 2. Ask your family and friends to show you any old pieces of lace they may have. 3. Consult the encyclopedia or other books, and see if you can learn more about how lace is made. There are several good books all about lace. LESSON 11 TRIMMING THE NIGHTDRESS A new way to sew on lace by hand, and an inexpensive way to trim the nightdress. =Did you find it very difficult to turn the narrow hem around the neck of your nightdress?= Jane Smith almost cried; but Miss James helped her a little. It is always more difficult to turn a hem on a curved edge than on a straight edge. If the turns have both been made the same width and if the basting stitches are small, there will be no difficulty. After the hems have been turned backwards and creased to the wrong side, we are ready to sew on the insertion. Hold the insertion straight with the right side to the right side of the gown, and with the edge of the insertion to the edges of the creased hem. Now great care must be taken. The overhanding stitch is to be used. You learned this stitch on the bean bags (page 28). In taking the stitch be very careful to put the needle through the _edge of the hem_, _the creased edge_, _and the lace_. The sewing will not be neat unless all these edges are caught by this sewing. _This is important._