Our homes and their adornments; . Fig. 47Tattkd Doylky. The tatted doyley shown in ouv ilhistration, Fig. 47, is sodistinctly marked that it docs not need an exj)lanation to thoseskilled in vhe use of the shuttle. The tatting, which is com-posed of double and pearl stitches, should be worked as seen LINEN EMBROlOEliY 247 in tlie illustration, with No. 6 cotton, and the spiders webin No. 16. The design would be equally suitable for ababys cap crown, or it might be for a flowerstand Linen Embkoidery. Fig. 48 is an illustration of a tidy made of the new styleof embroidery on linen cra


Our homes and their adornments; . Fig. 47Tattkd Doylky. The tatted doyley shown in ouv ilhistration, Fig. 47, is sodistinctly marked that it docs not need an exj)lanation to thoseskilled in vhe use of the shuttle. The tatting, which is com-posed of double and pearl stitches, should be worked as seen LINEN EMBROlOEliY 247 in tlie illustration, with No. 6 cotton, and the spiders webin No. 16. The design would be equally suitable for ababys cap crown, or it might be for a flowerstand Linen Embkoidery. Fig. 48 is an illustration of a tidy made of the new styleof embroidery on linen crash. Old ladies whose sisfht is fail-ing will find this very agreeable work. The stars should beworked in two shades of bright zephyr, while the divisionlines between the figures should be made of narrow blackvelvet, crossed with herring-bone stitch in gold-colored 248 OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. silk. Almost all damask toweling is suitable for this work,but the unbleached gray and buff, covered with stais,diamonds, or butterflies, will be found most rockinof-chairs and hassocks with this em-broidery are quite fashionable and are really very handsome. x5*.


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