. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. s work are superior to the mere imitation of plant forms. 26 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. Beautiful conventional designs can be obtained from artistic wall paper,and designs thus obtained will possess the advantage of not having becomecommon by much use. As a general thing the designs on paper borderinglend themselves to embroidery better than those on the wall paper proper,though beautiful patterns can be obtained here, also. The border patternshould be used on curtains or other large articles, where the treatment isintended to be bold and broad.
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. s work are superior to the mere imitation of plant forms. 26 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. Beautiful conventional designs can be obtained from artistic wall paper,and designs thus obtained will possess the advantage of not having becomecommon by much use. As a general thing the designs on paper borderinglend themselves to embroidery better than those on the wall paper proper,though beautiful patterns can be obtained here, also. The border patternshould be used on curtains or other large articles, where the treatment isintended to be bold and broad. Many of these designs are also suitablefor smaller articles when reduced by means of the pantagraph. To pro-cure the design it will be necessary to purchase so much of the paper aswill show a complete section of the design, which must be perforated andthen repeated as many times in the stamping as will be necessary to fill thespace to be decorated. Many magazines and old prints will also furnishsuitable designs, as previously CHAPTER V. EMBROIDERY STITCHES.
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