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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 112

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squares is to make themof Holland and Plush alternately, and to work a line ofHerringbone or Coral on two sides of the Holland square,but to leave the velvet plain. Honeycomb, or Hexagon.—(1). The pattern known bythese names is the one commonly used in Patchwork, as it iseasily executed, produces… … Fig. G19. Honeycomb, or Hexagon, Patchwoek. and make each of their six sides three-quarters of an inchin length. Take a dark-coloured patch, and sew round itsix light patches. These should agree in their shadeof colour, but need not as to pattern. Into the anglesformed on the outside of these light…

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