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 106
ugh all the stitches. Uponthese crossed threads darn in soft Moravian thread untila handsome raised foundation is formed [see Fig. 170), thecentre of which is thicker and higher than the pine shapedend. Now work an even close line of Buttonholestitches over the padding. Fig. 171 is a piece of… … Fig. 171. Crescent, with Fleurs Volants. to give the appearance of veins or tracery. These openstitches are made by missing three Buttonholes whereverthey occur. The pieces of lace shaped like wings are worked separately and tacked on to the leather foundationand the outer edge of the crescent in…
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