The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc. : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work (1877)
Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie) · New York : H.T. Williams · leaf 154
outlines, the veins andstalks, are made afterwards with fine glazed thread; in cutting away the net anedge of the same must be left, in order to be able to secure better the outerthread of the darned pattern. Very fine drilled silk for the leaves, and coarse,untwisted silk for the flowers, in place… … It is not made, as might be supposed, by applying a border of interlaced piecesaround an embroidered centre, but by marking out an interlaced design, workingthe edges with buttonhole stitching, and cutting out the spaces between. To do this, take a half yard of white linen or pique, mark out a…
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