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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. Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings, and coloured plates. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and terms (1885)

Caulfeild, Sophia Frances Ann, 1824-1911 · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 17

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s are, cut out the material and Buttonhole itover, and fiU. ia the open space thus made with Herring-bone stitches. American Cloth.—A stouter material than the FrenchToile ciree. It is an enamelled oil-cloth much employed inneedlework for travelling and toilet necessaries, house-wives, and numerous… … introduced into England. It is a variety of patch-work, into which strips of coloured ribbon are intro-duced. To work : Take a five-inch foundation of strongcalico, tack to the centre of this a piece of silk or satinan inch and a half square. Round this centre square,run on seven rows of narrow…

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