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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 46

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yed. In the first (the one shown inFig. 6i)8), the working is upon a thick material, suchas cloth or rep silk, or with Satin Stitches laid overwadding to make the pattern. In the second, upon Penc-loi^e canvas, the design is formed with loops of PlushStitch, which are afterwards cut and fluffed up,… … RAISED EMBEOIDEKT. cotton wool, wliite embroidery cotton, filoselles. Zephyrwool, or Arrasene wool, the latter producing by far thebest effect. The wools must be in shades of the naturalcolours of the flowers and leaves, and such as would be selected for Berlin wool work. To work : Ti-ace the…

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