. 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 . vets, employed forpurposes of upholstery. Star. — See Berlin Work, Guipure i/Art, andMacrame. Star Braid.—A kind of Braid designed for Fancy Em-broidery, made in blue and red, and having a white is li inches in width, and these stars are woven atsuccessive intervals of an inch a
. 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 . vets, employed forpurposes of upholstery. Star. — See Berlin Work, Guipure i/Art, andMacrame. Star Braid.—A kind of Braid designed for Fancy Em-broidery, made in blue and red, and having a white is li inches in width, and these stars are woven atsuccessive intervals of an inch apart. It is very smoothlywoven, and is much employed for covers of chair backs,strips being united together in suitable lengths in CrochetWork. An arrangement of narrow white cotton Braid isalso made so as to form an openwork trimming. It isfolded into the form of conventional stars, which aresewn in position in their centres; sometimes a smallerStar is worked in embroidery cotton, white or is sold by the yard in shops, for the trimming ofchildrens dresses; and a narrower make of the same sortof trimming is produced for edgings. Star Ground. — This is a lace ground, made with aneedle, and one that is often used to connect sprays oflace made on the Pillow. To work, as shown in Fig. 740:. Fig. 740. Star Grousd. Tack the sprays to be connected on to coloured paper,right side uppermost, which back with brown paper, useLace thread No. 9, and a fine, long, and pointless on the left hand, at the space of one pinholedown the side of the work. Make a Buttonhole Stitch at the distance of one-eighth of an inch from the com-mencement, and fasten it into the lace; then make asecond Buttonhole Stitch, close to the first, thus: Put theneedle up through the lace f rom behind, and bring it downunder the thread. Repeat these two stitches one-eighthof an inch apart, and so on to the end of the row. Workdown the side to the next pinhole, carry the thread fromthat
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