The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work .. (1860)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley · leaf 83
to sew on the velvet from this,and cut the other end the same. Repeat round the four sides in the same man-ner, then join up the ends. If a cushion is required, four and a half poundsof feathers are necessary, and two squares of calico, which should first be madeinto a bag a little less than the… … FRINGE. For the fringe.—With claret wool and hook, make a chain half a yardlonger than the size of cushion, into this chain work a row of long stitches; thisforms a heading. Take the Orne fringe wool; cut it into lengths at every whitemark, double it and lay on the table in rotation as each length…
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