A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Russian Centre-piece. The design and stitches are so clearly shown as to require nofurther explanation. The centre-piece, complete, is 22 inches yo BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. square, and an extremely effective bit of work. This braid, of purelinen with a cord running through the centre, is very ornamental initself, and only the simplest stitches are required to bring it out. Apattern in which the braid need not be turned is necessary, but verymany Battenburg patterns may be adapted to it, and some especiallyb
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Russian Centre-piece. The design and stitches are so clearly shown as to require nofurther explanation. The centre-piece, complete, is 22 inches yo BARBOUR S PRIZE NEEDLE-WORK SERIES. square, and an extremely effective bit of work. This braid, of purelinen with a cord running through the centre, is very ornamental initself, and only the simplest stitches are required to bring it out. Apattern in which the braid need not be turned is necessary, but verymany Battenburg patterns may be adapted to it, and some especiallybeautiful designs have appeared in previous books. Hold the braidfirmly to the pattern with the thumb and forefinger of one hand,shaping it to the angle or curve with the other, then baste securelyin place. YOKE, IN RENAISSANCE LACE. [Contributed by Mrs. W. M. Weeks, Lyndonville, Vermont.] Materials : Barbours Irish flax thread, No. ioo and No. 60, 3-cord, 200-yards spools, with 7 yards of linen hemstitch braid, cream,gray, or white, as Yoke, in Renaissance I,ace. LADY S CORSAGE COLLAR. 91 The design is a simple but very effective one, intended for thefront of a dress-yoke. It may be duplicated for the back, if de-sired, and the two leaves, five-petalled, at the sides used for collarornaments with fine effect. The stitches are not elaborate, and re-quire no description. Ladies will find Barbours Irish flax threadas superior for this class of lace-making as for others. LADYS CORSAGE COLLAR. [Contributed by Luella C IIolzapfel, Oklahoma City, Okla.] Materials : Two spools Barbours Irish flax lace thread, No. 250,2-cord, 200-yards spools (or No. 150, if preferred), 36 yards plainpoint lace braid, and 5 yards purling.
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