needle-book

I was ushered into an empty drawing-room, and, from a needle-book and work-basket hastily abandoned, I had some reason to think I interrupted my little friend, Miss Katie, in some domestic labour more praiseworthy than elegant.

The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

Then I gave her a very pretty needle-book, which I made myself with an ace of spades from a new pack of cards we had, and I got Sally, our maid, to cover it with a bit of pink satin her mistress had given her; and I made the leaves of the book, which I vandyked very nicely, out of a piece of flannel I had had round my neck for a sore throat.

The Fatal Boots 2006

It smelt a little of hartshorn, but it was a beautiful needle-book; and mamma was so delighted with it, that she went into town and bought me a gold-laced hat.

The Fatal Boots 2006

There was a green and red needle-book that Phyllis had made herself in secret moments.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

There was a green and red needle-book that Phyllis had made herself in secret moments.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

She made a pretty needle-book, a tiny pincushion, and an emery bag like

New National Fourth Reader J. Marshall Hawkes

Mrs. Wharton, but still she encouraged Agnes to go on with the needle-book.

Lewie Or, The Bended Twig

If she had remembered in time, she thought, she would have asked her mother to help her make a needle-book.

A Little Maid of Old Maine Alice Turner Curtis

Near to the stocking was a needle-book, one cover of which was neatly made, and upon the other, partly finished, was marked, "To my dear --."

The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Various

Lessons XI to XVIII may be omitted, two periods each devoted to both Lessons XIX and XX, and three lessons used for the making of a simple needle-book or other small piece.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Ontario. Ministry of Education