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 18
de of No. 50 Barbours Irish flax thread. FLORIDA SHELL LACE, FOR HANDKERCHIEF. [Contributed by Satie J. Campin, Orlando, Florida.] Materials : Barbours Irish flax lace thread, No. 250, 2-cord, 200-yards spools, steel hook size 000, or the finest you can obtain, ayard of Honiton insertion, and… … Florida Shell Lace, for Handkerchief. Draw 6 threads one inch from edge of lawn, all around, turn hemneatly and hemstitch. Width of hem may, of course, be left to onesown taste. Sew the insertion around this square, fulling at thecorners. Begin lace by drawing thread through outer edge of…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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