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 18
- - _ ■ [ 1 - • - ladies guide to needlework. 15 Feather Embroidery. The piece of stuff, cloth, net, muslin, or velvet, which you would embroider,must be stitched into a frame, and the design traced on it. Having selected thefeathers of such colors as you require for the flower or bird you wish to… … Fig. 16.—LAMP-MAT tN FEATHER EMBROIDERY. cut them with a sharp pair of scissors, in the shape of the petals or leaves required;this being done, take a needle threaded with fine silk of the color of the feather andsecure it to the design, carefully fastening the ends of the silk. This embroideryis…
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