The lady's manual of fancy-work : a complete instructor in every variety of ornamental needle-work ... (1858)
Pullan, Mrs. (Matilda Marian) · New York: : Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers. · leaf 96
inner white circle here, you must takedown an outline thread ; work it closely in buttonhole-stitch,and do a line of Brussels at each edge of it. Edge them. Fromthe outer line, take the threads for the foundation of eachspot, and carry a line round, working each, where the threecross. In all these… … These stitches will be found very useful in repairing workthat has been worn out, or been injured by the laundress. Shell-stitch, for oblong spaces. Make one row of Brus-sels edge of stitches at double the usual distance. Workbackwards and forwards, doing nine stitches on each stitchin the first…
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