CANVAS STITCHES. 13 forms which can be expressed by such lines. It is not uncharitable to surmise that one reason why such work (once so universal and now quite out of fashion) is not popular with needlewomen may be, the demand it makes upon the designer’s draught- manship: it is much easier, for… … The piquancy about natural or other forms thus reduced to angularity argues, of course, no affecta- tion of quaintness on the part of the worker, but was the unavoidable outcome of her way of work. There is a pronounced and early limit to art of this rather naive kind, but that there is art in some…
Embroidery -- Instruction · Needlework -- Instruction · Arts and Crafts Movement -- Embroidery Design
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