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Dainty work for pleasure and profit (1891)

Heron, Mrs. Adelaide E · Chicago : Danks & Co. · leaf 157

An illustration from Dainty work for pleasure and profit, 1891, leaf 157
f rep silk of a darker color than iSused for the body of the curtain or frontal. The wheels or stars on the bor-der should be worked with gold thread or yellow purse silk, caught downwith black silk. The leaves are worked with shades of blue in long stitch,and the stems and tendrils are formed of… … CHURCH AND BULLION EMBROIDERIES. 127 that one shade blends imperceptibly into the other; for although harmon-izing, each shade must be distinct from the one above and below it. Figure 129 is another valuable working detail. It should be carriedout as follows: Lay gold cord or thread in…

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