Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 167
on the outer edge of the design so thatthe background will be bordered with the twillededges (Figure 123). The European method of Roman cut-work is torun the thread first and then cut the material so 140 NEEDLECRAFT that there is an eighth of an inch extending beyondthe running stitches. This is… … Fig. 123. A Roman cut-work centre piece coloured paper, letting the basting stitches followclosely the buttonholing. The wide spaces are thenfilled in with a simple lace stitch such as the twistedbar, woven bar, or spiders. Sometimes the spider isused in conjunction with one of the former…
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