Heron, Adelaide E · Chicago, Thompson & Thomas · leaf 192
off intosmall diamond-shapedspaces, with the skeinof silver green silk.This completes thebase of thistle, and ifthe work has been welldone, a real thistlewould find it hard todetect the fraud. Towork the top of flower.Fill a semi-circle around design for flat work. fig. 159. the top of base with… … 11 RAISED EMBROIDERY. 167 Carry out from the edge of the plush stitches a few simple straight stitcheswith one strand of silk. Shear off the uneven ends of silk and whip orcomb out the flowers. This method gives the most natural effect of anyemployed, for making raised thistles. RAISED SNOWBALLS.…
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