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Handicrafts in the home (1910)

Priestman, Mabel Tuke · Chicago, A. C. McClurg & co. · leaf 303

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le to drawa wide field is open, as all sorts of cretonnesand dimities, or even materials where thecolour is in one tone, and the pattern wovenby a mercerized process, can be broughtinto service for effective ribbon embroidery.Some of the bold designs sold for appliqueare particularly well suited… … • EW YORK ..L1C LIBRARY TUBE*1 FOUNn»Ti«NI. CHAPTER XXIVRAFFIA NEEDLEWORK WITHIN the last few years raffia hasnot only been used for basketry, lampshades, candle shades, and mats, but it has beenused as thread in needlework in place of silkor linen. Raffia is a tough fibre, native toMadagascar. It…

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