ers with. Blackened needles can be made quitebright again by drawing them through an emery cushion. Scissors. — Scissors are a very important accessory of the work-table,and two varieties are indispensable : a pair of large ones for cutting out, withone point blunt and the other sharp, the latter… … FlG.E. —CORTICELLI SEWING SlLK. Thimble. —Steel thimbles are best; bone are very liable to break, andsilver ones are not deeply enough pitted to hold the needle. A thimbleshould be light, with a rounded top and flat rim.The Thread. —This may be of silk, of linen or of cotton. Care should be taken…
