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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 72

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threads,and proceed in the same manner. When thefancy stripe is finished, one thread must bedrawn right in the centre of the plain stripe.The cross-stitch is then worked in and out bothon the wrong side and right side, the linewhere the thread is drawn forming the placewhere the stitches start from… … Materials.—Twelve rows dark blue beads, one rowblack, twelve rows white, four rows light yellow, tworows dark yellow, two rows green (two shades), fourrows dark red, four rows middle shade red. This mat must be begun with one bead in the middle of the thread, taking two beads and one alternately…

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