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Dainty work for pleasure and profit (1891)

Heron, Mrs. Adelaide E · Chicago : Danks & Co. · leaf 197

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to small diamond-shaped spaces, with the skein of silver green silk. This completes the base of thistle, and if the work has been well done, a real thistle would find it hard to detect the fraud. To work the top of flower. Fill a semi-circle around dksign for flat work. fig. 159. the top of base… … RAISED EMBROIDERY. i6 Carry out from the edge of the plush stitches a few simple straight stitcheswith one strand of silk. Shear off the uneven ends of silk and whip orcomb out the flowers. This method gives the most natural effect of anyemployed, for making raised thistles. RAISED SNOWBALLS.…

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