Our homes and their adornments, or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home, containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative-art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1883)
Varney, Almon C. (Almon Clother), b. 1849 · Detroit, Mich. : J.C. Chilton · leaf 264
Feather Stitch. Feather Stitch. — Thecut very clearly illustratesthe method of working onevariety of feather stitch.It is worked in two colors,and the effect is very prettyindeed. Design for aCorner or Cente r-2>iece.—This de-sign may beworked in a cor-ner, or it may beone-fourth of… … Design for a Corner. 238 OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. From each of the inner points, two shades of blue and oneof gold color, are carried to a point. The balance of the de-sign can be worked from the engraving. Crewels or silksmay be used, or a combination of both will look better. A New…
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