Ribbon and fabric trimmings : a variety of appropriate dress trimmings that can be made from ribbon and fabric, with directions for their making (1925)
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences · Scranton, Pa. : Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences · leaf 24
chrysanthemum requires 9| yards of No. 2 ribbon, as stitch them together in a half -circle. When the stitch- there are 74 petals like that shown in Fig. 53. ing is finished, bend the half -circle into a circle, with Prepare a buckram cabochon foundation 2 inches the last loop lapped under the first… … shears, cut all the threads where they wrap around Fig. 57 duce a round center. the outside of the forefinger and also where they wrap Sew the second row of petals in a circle at a dis- around the outside of the little finger. Tie this bunch tance of J inch back of the flrst row, the third row of…
Dressmaking · Fancy work · Needlework
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