. The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc. : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work. Border in Transfer Work. In cloth, with the pattern in a differen- color, worked on the edge in buttonholestitch in two shades of crochet silk. The spots are embroidered in the same silk< Fig. CHAPTER XII. PERFORATED CARD WORK. Never in the history of fancy work lias there heen a fashion more marked andpopular than the present rage for every description of work uvon perforated varieties of articles are constantly increasing, and for the time, at least, this materia
. The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc. : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work. Border in Transfer Work. In cloth, with the pattern in a differen- color, worked on the edge in buttonholestitch in two shades of crochet silk. The spots are embroidered in the same silk< Fig. CHAPTER XII. PERFORATED CARD WORK. Never in the history of fancy work lias there heen a fashion more marked andpopular than the present rage for every description of work uvon perforated varieties of articles are constantly increasing, and for the time, at least, this material and work has largely superseded all others. The material is still card, pierced with minute holes at regular intervals, someof it being fine enough to require the finest cambric needle for working, whileothers are coarse enough t>> require double Berlin wool or chenille to till the can be obtained in large sheets or in cards cut for any purpose required, withornamented borders. It is made in many colors, and in gold-faced and silver-faced sheets. The stitch for working is usually the cross-stitch of cauva3 work, but straightor diagonal lines are often used to fill up spaces where the cross-stitch would nar-row or widen the pattern too much. It is useful, for a great variety of fancy artic
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