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 128
con-necting all braids is composed of Raleigh bars and picots, the barsformed by passing thread 3 times from point to point and workingover them in plain buttonhole-stitch, closely drawn, the picots bypassing needle-point through stitch on bar, winding thread aroundneedle 10 times, pressing thumb… … Plate Doilv in Old English Point. to this on right side, then cutting linen away and hemming edgedown on wrong side. The work is then pinned down and pressedunder damp cloths with hot iron. This is a simple but very prettydoily, and I like best to give the old-fashioned name, rather than thenewer…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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