A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Five Oclock Tea-cloth with Cut-work Border. buttonholed over, as described in the Danish antique work, appear-ing in No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 of the Prize Needlework , when the buttonholing is completed, cut the linen as 68 barbours prize needle-work series. close as possible without clipping the stitches. Buttonhole the edgeof the centre all around and fill in the spiders and twisted bars. Asimple but rich and effective design. SQUARE, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. [Contributed by Julia D. Smith, Box 159, West
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Five Oclock Tea-cloth with Cut-work Border. buttonholed over, as described in the Danish antique work, appear-ing in No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 of the Prize Needlework , when the buttonholing is completed, cut the linen as 68 barbours prize needle-work series. close as possible without clipping the stitches. Buttonhole the edgeof the centre all around and fill in the spiders and twisted bars. Asimple but rich and effective design. SQUARE, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. [Contributed by Julia D. Smith, Box 159, West Medway, Mass. | Materials : Barbours Irish flax thread, No. 50, 3-cord, 200-yardsspools, and 11 -inch square of firm butchers linen. Finer thread andlinen may be used if Square, in Roman Embroidery. Trace or stamp the design on the linen, and buttonhole the linesclosely. The surface stitches are simple but effective, being theloop or birds-eye stitch, with which all are familiar. Push theneedle up through the fabric, then down again in the same place,leaving a loop of requisite length, — say, for this purpose, ]/A to yiinch. Bring the needle up at tip of loop, pass it over the thread and SAILOR COLLAR, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. 69 down on the other side, thus making a short stitch to hold the loopin place. In the corner leaves 3 of these loops start from a centralpoint, in the side scrolls they are single. Barbours Ulster etchingflax, cream or white, is used for this work with beautiful effect. SAILOR COLLAR, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. [Contributed by Mrs. F. P. Bernard, Warren, Minn.] Materials : Barbours Irish flax thread, No. 50, 3-cord, 200-yardsspools, and y$ yard linen of suitable quality. If preferred, Bar-
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