THE ONE-EYED FAIRIES [Illustration: He fell headlong to the floor.] THE ONE-EYED FAIRIES By GEORGIA ELDREDGE HANLEY With Decorations, Pictures, and Diagrams By JULIA GREENE [Illustration] BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. _All Rights Reserved_ The One-Eyed Fairies Printed in U. S. A. Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS. FOREWORD This book has been written to tell little girls how much fun it is to learn to sew and make pretty things for their dolls, themselves, and other people. Of course, as Sir Bodkin says, “We can’t have gains without pains,” but it is much pleasanter to learn in play how to do things the right way. This makes it easier for us when we are grown up, because we have the knowledge “at our finger-tips.” I hope that mothers, teachers, and those interested in girls will find this book helpful, as my experience has been that children eagerly grasp and absorb facts presented in story and rhyme. A number of these sewing-lesson stories have appeared in the _Modern Priscilla Magazine_. Acknowledgment is here gratefully made for permission to use them. GEORGIA ELDREDGE HANLEY. [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE I. THE KING OF THE ONE-EYED FAIRIES 13 II. SIR BODKIN STEPS IN AND OUT 20 Using Bodkin. III. THE STITCHERS, BASTER AND RUNNER 28 Basting and Running. IV. DAINTY HEMMER 37 Hemming. V. THE CREWEL ONE 46 Blanket-Stitch. VI. OLD DOCTOR DARNER 54 Darning Stockings. VII. THE DOLL’S BLANKET 62 Catch-stitch. VIII. BROTHER JIM’S MARBLE-BAG 69 Back-stitch. IX. MARGARET’S NEW MIDDY BLOUSE 79 Making Eyelets. X. AUNTIE’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT 89 Cross-stitch. XI. A THREE-CORNERED TEAR 96 Mending. XII. LACY FRILLS 103 Making Ruffles.