The self-instructor in silk knitting, crocheting and embroidery (1884)
Belding Bros. & Co · New York · leaf 62
is shown the manner of working a leaf with smoothedges. Outline a little way up, about to where the first point wouldbe if there was a point to be ! Let the long stitch lie in the curve,(silk is a flexible material, remember, and can be put where you wantit), and get the proper slant gradually, and…
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