Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . Figcre No. 2.—Method Plain Figure No. 3.—Method ofMaking Persian Cross-Stitch. work the design through the the design is worked removethe canvas by carefully drawing outits threads; it will then be foundaccurately embroidered upon thegarment. Figures Nos. 2 and 3 show howthe cross-stitch may be made by two methods, the first being the plain cro^s-stitchand the second the Persian cross-stitch. Atfigure No. 4 the star cross-stitch is shown andcan be easily followed from the
Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . Figcre No. 2.—Method Plain Figure No. 3.—Method ofMaking Persian Cross-Stitch. work the design through the the design is worked removethe canvas by carefully drawing outits threads; it will then be foundaccurately embroidered upon thegarment. Figures Nos. 2 and 3 show howthe cross-stitch may be made by two methods, the first being the plain cro^s-stitchand the second the Persian cross-stitch. Atfigure No. 4 the star cross-stitch is shown andcan be easily followed from the for embroidering either cross-stitchupon checked woods are <riven below. In embroidering a cross-stitch design upon achecked gingham or wool fabric, the designdesired may be reduced or enlarged by thefollowing plan : While one square or tiny blockof a checked pattern is generally supposed torepresent the space for one cross-stitch, (see fig-ure No. 1) if the checks are small, four, nine orsixteen checks may be used as the space for onestitch; and on this basis the pattern may be in-creased as much as may
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