. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 126.—Simple appliques, based onwell-known flowers. NEEDLEWORK, 183 ness and singularity. The old woodcutter had simplifiednature, and this saved Morris the trouble of so doing. The border, , and the sprigs,Nos. 124 and 125,areall adaptations ofGerman designs, andare given to showwhat excellent ma-terial is to oneshand in our mu-seums, and also howone can get a sug-gestion of nature andyet be far removedindeed from beingnaturalistic. The disposition topaint in stitches andimitate nature, evenwhen fairly success-ful, is only a tour deforce, and never canlead
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 126.—Simple appliques, based onwell-known flowers. NEEDLEWORK, 183 ness and singularity. The old woodcutter had simplifiednature, and this saved Morris the trouble of so doing. The border, , and the sprigs,Nos. 124 and 125,areall adaptations ofGerman designs, andare given to showwhat excellent ma-terial is to oneshand in our mu-seums, and also howone can get a sug-gestion of nature andyet be far removedindeed from beingnaturalistic. The disposition topaint in stitches andimitate nature, evenwhen fairly success-ful, is only a tour deforce, and never canlead to any greatsuccess. Stitchesbear no resemblanceto the touches of abrush of colour. The stitches are in themselves such an interesting as well asintegral part of needlework that nothing should be done totake from them; on the contrary, we should work to. No. 127.— Conventional Sprigs forapplique. AR1 CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS.
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