The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 149
place it in-side the basket, nearerto the top than thebottom, and tie eachfeather to it. This is done by needle and silk, •which should match in colour the covered wire. Pass the needle from the inside through the fibres, close to the shaft; just span the shaft, and pass it back again. There may be… … Before closing this description of feather work, let me saya few words relative to the construction of flowers. There iscertainly something very stiff and formal about feather flowers, but then Borne of Na-tures own produc-tions are decidedlyprim, and those speci-mens only should beattempted with…
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