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 35
eing so brilliantly colored. Cut out a branch, sayapple-blossom, and such birds as you prefer. Lay these face downward, andpaste carefully with starch or very fine gum-arabic. Then lay them upon thosatin. It would be well first to place them on the satin, before Btarehing org-imming the back, to… … Fig. 37.—BUTTERFLY DESIGN IN APPLIQUE. attached by a stitch here and there, as it is liable to break away if much pulled. Soft lloss silk is the best for the cretonne edges, which must be very carefullydone. Care must be taken to make the down stitch always in the cretonne andthe up stitch in the…
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