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The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described (1882)

Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : A.W. Cowan · leaf 100

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are extremely simple. The design given of thiswork in Fig. 318 is a mat with its four corners filled in withsprays of flowers, and the centre ornamented with a star.To work : Make the centre a star of twenty-four pointsand of three shades of a bright-coloured silk, and where thepoints meet in the… … Fig. 318. EMBROIDERY ON CHIP. the rosebuds in rose colour and green silk, the buds inPicot and Satin Stitch, the leaves in Satin, and the stemsin Crewel stitch. Work the pansies in shades of purplesilk with amber centres, leaves and flowers in Satin Stitch.Work the ragged robin in white and green…

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