The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . - - _ ? [ 1 - • - ladies guide to needlework. 15 Feather Embroidery. The piece of stuff, cloth, net, muslin, or velvet, which you would embroider,must be stitched into a frame, and the design traced on it. Having selected thefeathers of such colors as you require for the flower or bird you wish to represent,take a paint brush and carefully cover the inside of them with green ; when dry,. Fig. 16.—LAMP-MAT tN FEATHER EMBROIDERY. cut them with a sharp pair of scissors, in the shape of
The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . - - _ ? [ 1 - • - ladies guide to needlework. 15 Feather Embroidery. The piece of stuff, cloth, net, muslin, or velvet, which you would embroider,must be stitched into a frame, and the design traced on it. Having selected thefeathers of such colors as you require for the flower or bird you wish to represent,take a paint brush and carefully cover the inside of them with green ; when dry,. Fig. 16.—LAMP-MAT tN FEATHER EMBROIDERY. cut them with a sharp pair of scissors, in the shape of the petals or leaves required;this being done, take a needle threaded with fine silk of the color of the feather andsecure it to the design, carefully fastening the ends of the silk. This embroideryis very beautiful, and is rare, owing to the difficulty of procuring small, high-colored feathers. 16 ladies guide to NEEDLEWORK. Another method of embroidering in feathers is to sew them one over the othercovering the edgeB of the last row with embroidery, fringe, quilted ribbon or anyother trimming. The following illustration is a lamp mat upon net canvas, in feather embroidery.
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