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Fancy work for pleasure and profit (1905)

Heron, Adelaide E · Chicago, Thompson & Thomas · leaf 51

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With the outline stitches and the Kensington andhalf-Kensington stitches thoroughly mastered an almost unlimited amountand variety of decorative needlework is within your reach. In fact, thegreater amount of embroidery shown at the rooms of Decorative Art Soci-eties in this country and England is… … 32 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. stitch, especially in the case of small leavesand flowers. It is also used alone and incombination with outline and dotted stitchfor initials. Satin stitch is made by passinga thread from one outline of design to theother, back and forth, as shown in Figure…

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