Embroidery and fancy work, containing directions for embroidering, painting, modelling, carving, etc (1899)
Belford, Clarke & Co · Chicago · leaf 47
gethem in a graceful border pattern on the linen, connect-ing them with stem lines in pencil. Having arrangedyour pattern, mark lightly round each flower so as toinsure your rearranging them correctly. Then stretchyour linen by means of stout pins or thumb-tackssmoothly on a drawing-board (the… … Fig. ua. edges, having the stitches seen as little as possible.Veinings of leaves, high lights and the deepest shadowscan be worked in with filoselles, and the stems areworked with crewels. Nice cheese-cloth can be decor-ated in this way for curtains. As to outline work, thepresent fancy is to work…
Embroidery
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