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Dainty work for pleasure and profit (1891)

Heron, Mrs. Adelaide E · Chicago : Danks & Co. · leaf 46

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the fabric from becoming creased.When the part in the frame is finished, it is then rolled around the oppositebar, and so on until the work is completed. In embroidering in a frame both hands should be employed. The righthand should be used to put the needle down and the left hand to return itto… … IMPLEMENTS AND ExMBROIDERY THREADS. 17 hoops figure 4 shows a pair of these hoops. The work is placed smoothly over the smaller hoop, and the larger is then drawn over the whole. If the hoops do not hold the work firmly and smoothly, wind the upper hoop evenly with clean cotton cut into strips…

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