The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 22
d too great a contrast. If dark backgrounds arewished, invisible green, deep peacock blue, garnet brown,will give all the depth of black without its harshness; andif light, lemon and cream-whites will tone better thanpure white. Sunflowers should be applied upon brown-red,red hollyhocks upon deep… … Fig. 14. APPLIQUE, BRODEKIE PEESE. only when they are required. Stretch your backgroundupon a frame or clothes horse, and paste the chintz flowersinto position upon it. The outline of the design could betransferred to the material with the aid of a carbonisedtracing paper, if required. When the…
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