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Needle-craft: artistic and practical (1889)

Reed, John Q, Lavin, Eliza M., joint author · New York, The Butterick Publishing Co., Ltd. · leaf 153

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. The effect is very rich,and the tones of the plush and the pongeeform a wonderfully beautiful combinationof color. The leaves are veined with em-broidery silk or floss in Kensington outline-stitch. acorns may be used as effectively as on theportiere, and they may be cut from cloth,flannel,… … Figure No. 6.—Emuroidered Portiere. Outline of Acorn and Leaf for DecoratingPortiere.Diagrams A and B.—These diagrams showthe correct shapes and sizes of the acorns andleaves used in decorating the portiere pic-tured at Figure No. 5. The veining of theleaves is done in outline-stitch with flosses…

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