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Florence home needle-work (1888)

Nonotuck Silk Company · Florence, Mass. : Nonotuck Silk Co. · leaf 7

An illustration from Florence home needle-work, 1888, leaf 7
Fig. D. is a valuable substitute for the narrow ribbon which is often used in drawn workon tidies and toilet sets, as many ribbons do not bear washing. Punto tirato.—This, in its plainest form, is the ornamental latticed hem, incommon use where somethiug more decorative than an ordinary hem is… … Fig. 1. Single Hem-stitch Draw out, according to the coarseness of thestuff, two or four threads belowthe edge of the turning, and tackyour hem down to the line thusdrawn. Fasten your silk in tothe left, and work your hemfrom right to left, taking upthree or four cross threads at atime, and…

Needlework · Lace and lace making · Embroidery -- Design · Fancy work · Crocheting · Knitting · Cross-stitch · Macrame · Drawn-work · Monograms · Beadwork · Stitches (Sewing) · Tatting · Netting · Openwork · Edging · Insertion · Darning · Irish lace

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