The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . imperials, foxgloves, chrysanthe-mums, peonies, sweet peas, anemones, thistles, are all good THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. \\ flowers. Palm leaves or Virginia creeper leaves makegood designs alone, but not amalgamated, and ferns arenot used at all. Only one to three different kinds offlow
The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . imperials, foxgloves, chrysanthe-mums, peonies, sweet peas, anemones, thistles, are all good THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. \\ flowers. Palm leaves or Virginia creeper leaves makegood designs alone, but not amalgamated, and ferns arenot used at all. Only one to three different kinds offlowers arc grouped together. Backgrounds for BrodericPerse can be of any material but velvet, and shouldmatch the darker tints of the flowers applied to and white are never used, being too crude incolour and too great a contrast. If dark backgrounds arewished, invisible green, deep peacock blue, garnet brown,will give all the depth of black without its harshness; andif light, lemon and cream-whites will tone better thanpure white. Sunflowers are applied upon brown-red, redhollyhocks upon deep red, peonies upon deep commencing to work, cut out the flowers and leavesthat make the design, and group them upon a sheet of whitepaper; run a pencil round their outlines, and disturb them. Fig. II. APPLIQUE, BRODEEIE PERSE. only when they are required. Stretch the backgroundupon a frame or clothes horse, and paste the chintz flowersinto position upon it. Transfer the outline of the designto the material with the aid of a carbonised tracingpaper, if required. When the pasting is finished and dry,take the work out of the frame and Buttonhole looselyall round the leaves and flowers. Make this Buttonholingas little visible as possible, and let the colours used for thefiloselle or cotton match the medium tint of the floweror leaf that is secured. Feather Stitch can be usedinstead of Buttonhole. Enrich the veinings of the leavesand flowers with Satin Stitch and sometimes
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