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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 40

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yIjead to the foundation canvas, though they arc far strongerwhen BO treated; but six or eight beads arc strung upon a THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 25 tliread, whici is laid along a line of tlie canvas and caugttdown at regular distances by a tliread coming from theback of the material and… … Fia. 33. Bead Tbimminb for Dresses, &o. as a trimming, as shown in Fig. 33, is made of fine roundblack beads, selected all of the same size. The onlyfoundation required is a narrow strip of braid upon eachside. Thread five beads together, and pass a needlethrough the centre bead of the stitch…

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