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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 115

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quares,crosses, and hexagons. To work as shown in Fig. 053: Cutout in black satin a number of perfect squares, 1^ inchesin width and length, and some of the same size in yellowsatin. Cut out in red silk, lozenge-shaped or pointed ob-long patches, each measuring 3 inches from point topoint, 1\… … Fig. C53. Mosaic Patchwork (No. 4). 3 inches for the long lines, and 1| inches for the short linesthat form the right angle. Join together five squares asa square cross, one dark square being in the centre, andfour light ones round it; take a black square, and join toit four red Lozenges, and sew…

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