. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. economizespace, and yet leave room for the stamping is done, cut out thestars on the square, that is, do not cutthe points out, but cut a square withthe star in the center, leaving aboutone inch margin from the end or pointof star; this is for convenience in work-ing. When the stars are all stampedand the squares cut out, you are readyto proceed with the fancy work. Withthe etching silk work a heavy button-hole stitch (see illustration page 208)over a thread of Bargarren linen, or osize German cord around all the pointsof the star. Then, with
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. economizespace, and yet leave room for the stamping is done, cut out thestars on the square, that is, do not cutthe points out, but cut a square withthe star in the center, leaving aboutone inch margin from the end or pointof star; this is for convenience in work-ing. When the stars are all stampedand the squares cut out, you are readyto proceed with the fancy work. Withthe etching silk work a heavy button-hole stitch (see illustration page 208)over a thread of Bargarren linen, or osize German cord around all the pointsof the star. Then, with the same silkfill each point of the star with one ofthe filling stitches, either fish net, brickcross, crows-feet, or any that is pre-ferred; each star however, should contain but one kind of filling stitch;but each star in the quilt may be of a different pattern, that is, use fish netin one star cross stitch in another, and so on. For the center part of star,crochet a sufficient number of the brass rings with the etching silk, and. FIG. 2] 208 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT.
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