Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 161
tre like the spokes in a cart wheel (Figure 119). The leaves or petals of a Wallachian figure areworked on the slant, and here is the difference fromordinary buttonholing and the distinctive featureof Wallachian embroidery.Usually the petals have anindented top and a linerunning through the… … NEEDLECEAFT 135 stitches need not be quite as close as in buttonholingand no padding is required. Continue in the sameslant to where the centre line stops. The stitchesfrom this point radiate till they are in a good slantto continue down the left side. Note the stitchesin the diagram (Figure 120).…
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