. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. n with a silk thread. This working detail will be an extremely usefulpiece for a beginner to try her hand upon, as it combines several of thestitches that are used in ecclesiastical embroidery. Another design that is also simple is shown in figure 130 on page design is much reduced from the working size and is suitable for theends of scarf for flower stand. The main portions of the pattern are laidin with floss couched in various patterns, as brick, flat, diamond and stems are laid in with gold thread couched down with red purse silk;al
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. n with a silk thread. This working detail will be an extremely usefulpiece for a beginner to try her hand upon, as it combines several of thestitches that are used in ecclesiastical embroidery. Another design that is also simple is shown in figure 130 on page design is much reduced from the working size and is suitable for theends of scarf for flower stand. The main portions of the pattern are laidin with floss couched in various patterns, as brick, flat, diamond and stems are laid in with gold thread couched down with red purse silk;all the design except the five branches at the top, are first worked upon alinen foundation, which is then cut out and applied to the article to bedecorated. The outer edge of the pattern is then finished with two cords—a gold cord and a cord of black silk couched close to it. The five branch-ing fibers are worked with gold thread and spangles upon the materialTo secure this design enlarge with a pantagraph four or five times accord-. 126 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. ing to the position it is to occupy, or it can be used in connection withsome other design, as powderings over a surface, in which case it may beworked on a smaller scale than where it is used alone as a set design. Figure 128 shows a reduced designfor border and powderings, suitable foraltar frontals or altar curtains. Workthe large fleur-de-lis in long stitch withthree distinct shades of green floss, andedge with blue purse silk. Fill theband in the center of the fleur-de-liswith crimson floss laid in perpendicularlines secured with gold thread; edgewith black knitting silk. The varioustendrils or sprays springing from thepowderings are made of gold threadlaid in lines and caught down with crim-son purse silk. These lines of goldthread should have, a line of floss laidclose to them, and following their out-lines; this is not shown in the illustra-tion, but it should always be used whengold thread is laid
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