Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 905
hint is for our own special pupil, though shewould have carried it out, doubtless, by instinct. A piece of coarsethread, double the length of the lace required, is then folded in half,and pinned on the left side of the cushion as it faces the worker. Thisdoubled thread is called the foundation… … 73. Miniature Cushion, with Foundation Thread, and Puttingon of the Stitches. 1545. LOOK AT THE ILLUSTRATION, and having pinned thefoundation thread as directed, take up one of the deuble lengths, andpass the doubled centre downwards under the foundation thread, sothat the two ends are lying across…
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