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 64
lft blue Ulster floss, and with satin ribbon run in the spaces.Permit me to suggest that nothing but the flax macrame be used.It has a firmness and lustre that is beautiful, and is durable. I havea slipper-case which has been in constant wear for ten years, deco-rated with flax macrame work, which… … Darned Lace. 58 barbours prize needle-work series. Trace the design on a piece of rather stiff paper, baste this care-fully to the net, so it will not slip, then darn by the lines on thepaper. This makes the work very easy and not so tiresome to theeyes, as it does away with the necessity for…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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