The household oracle : a popular referee on subjects of household enquiry : including: - house building, buying and renting; house furnishing and decoration; housekeeping and domestic cookery; plain and fancy needlework; home farming, gardening, medicine; law; an epitome of the history of the world and the growth of the human family; the formation of our mother tongue and the rules of English grammar; a dictionary of religions; stepping stones of English history and a sketch of the English constitution setting forth the rights, privileges and duties of the English householder parochial, municipal, imperial; the story of the calendar, standards of weights and measures; arithmetical tables and tables of interest and a ready reckoner; household amusements, games, chess, cards and other indoor games, dancing, swimming, etiquette, ... (1897)
Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929, University of Leeds. Library · London : Hutchinson & Co. · leaf 321
PLAIN NEEDLEWORK. 301 and herring-bone along the raw edge most in use for ordinary undergarments is of flannel, working from left to right. the double Feather Stitch (Fig. 28). For a flannel hem turn down the edge Sometimes three stitches instead of once only, and herring-bone along the two are… … with tracing paper, or by marking half a treble feather stitch. These fancy way round a coin — for a large petticoat stitches are suitable for decorating any of the ladies’ garments here illustrated. a florin or a penny will do, for a child’s a shilling is more suitable. Flannel Work. — The…
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