um over the work, let it re- main till quite dry ; then cut away the canvasclose to the overcasting so that not a particle ofthe canvas can be seen ; gum the back of thestar again, lay it on the right side of the velvet,and place a heavy weight on it till dry. Whencut, leave the velvet about half a… … It is to be worked on clear Brussels net, witha fine Swiss muslin. Every part of the patternis to be sewn over in outline, with extremeregularity, with a very fine cotton, forming afine line in which the stitches are scarcely ob-servable. When the pattern is thus worked,the superfluous parts of the…
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