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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 54

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IGURE No. I.—This engraving isintended to illustrate the plan fol-lowed in making open embroidery, ^■^■^i etc., and the stitch employed. Thedesign is first marked or stamped,and then run with floss. Each leafor petal is then slashed with a sharpscissors, and the material drawni* back to the running… … Illillllllilllllliiail.::iiili«iiliiini«i»lFigure No. i.—Open-Wokk Embroidery. The style and stitch are much used in Frenchembroidery and make light, pretty work. Filling for Embroidered Scollops. Figure No. 2.—The method illustrated for filling in scollops before the embroideryis done, is very…

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