A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Square for Small Table. stitches may be introduced that, according to the workers idea,will add to the effect sought. While apparently elaborate, this workis very simple and offers opportunity for much originality. 80 BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK. SERIES. SOFA PILLOW. [Contributed by Miss C. B. Fitch, 5S Olive Street, New Haven, Conn.] Materials : Barbours white flossette, size **, new Ulster braid, andsquare of denim, 18X 18 inches, or size Sofa Pillow. Block off the denim in squares of 3 inches, basting on
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Square for Small Table. stitches may be introduced that, according to the workers idea,will add to the effect sought. While apparently elaborate, this workis very simple and offers opportunity for much originality. 80 BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK. SERIES. SOFA PILLOW. [Contributed by Miss C. B. Fitch, 5S Olive Street, New Haven, Conn.] Materials : Barbours white flossette, size **, new Ulster braid, andsquare of denim, 18X 18 inches, or size Sofa Pillow. Block off the denim in squares of 3 inches, basting on the fasten, in every 3d loop on the edge of the braid make 2 shortstitches, with a long stitch between, using the white flossette for thispurpose. The effect is in every way equal to silk, and it is far more CENTRE-PIECE, IN CROSS-STITCH. 81 suitable for such use. The design in the centre of each square ismade by using a ring of the flossette, winding it 8 or 10 timesaround a small cork y2 inch in diameter, and buttonholing over theloop closely all around. In the centre of each ring is a star ofcrossed threads, and at even distances around it groups of 5 stitches,graduated in length. The ruffle is finished with a row of buttonholeor blanket stitches, 2 short, % inch apart, then 3 as described inapplying the braid. The whole effect, although so simple a design,is very charming. The same idea may be carried out as a border for a table-cover,scarf, portiere, etc., making a row of squares all around, with blocksi
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