Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 186
Fig. 140. A handkerchief comer in satin-stitch Another pretty and new way to mark letterson lawn or fine linen handkerchiefs is one that givesthe effect of Bermuda fagotting and yet it is onlyhemming with a large needle (Figure 140). Drawthe letter in pencil on the handkerchief. Threada large… … NEEDLECRAFT 159 to the eye of the needle so that it does not sHp out.Thread another needle with a strand of No. 8marking cotton and pass it to the back at the be-ginning of the letter. Unthread the needle, allowinga half inch to extend out of the back. Let the No. 8cotton follow the lines of the…
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