A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads (1892)
Bradford, Mary E, Barbour Brothers Company · [New York] : Barbour Brothers Co. · leaf 117
All the buttonholing is doneby making a short, then a long stitch, which gives a very prettyfinish. Embroider the roses in half-Kensington, the two upper petalstoward centre of mat in shade 112, other three with shade no,centres satin-stitched with shade 1, and French knots of shade 3. When… … Centre-Piece in Honiton and Half-Kensington. ing, is very effective. The idea is suggestive, and may be carriedout in larger pieces of work, using heavier linen, if desired, with theUlster etching flax, which comes in the most beautiful shades imag-inable, and is unequalled for outlining or solid…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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