Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 81
dation for cretonne-work, as itthrows out all the bright and delicate colors; and farmers-satinanswers very nicely. Soft gray and blue silesia are often very satis-factory for this purpose; and a work-basket, made by the writer, ofgray silesia, with pink rosebuds and leaves in cretonne-work on… … Fig. 61.—Border in Applique. silk, on the plea that this prevents raggedness and answers the pur-pose of making the work subservient to the application. But themost approved method is to treat the cretonne merely as a design anda guide to color—covering the flowers and leaves almost entirely…
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