The Priscilla smocking book, a collection of beautiful and useful patterns, with directions for working . gain. From theeighth line is worked twelve rows of wave, usingthree stitches rather close together and shaded fromdark to light. (See the illustration.) These lines of ig. 44 and jiaye JJ wave are worked without preparation, work simplybeing held in place. Figure 48. Childs Frock.—This little frockshows pink shades in the smocking stitches and bul-lion embroidery is used to further decorate the gar-ment. This embroidery lends itself especially wellwhere smocking is done. Cross stitch also
The Priscilla smocking book, a collection of beautiful and useful patterns, with directions for working . gain. From theeighth line is worked twelve rows of wave, usingthree stitches rather close together and shaded fromdark to light. (See the illustration.) These lines of ig. 44 and jiaye JJ wave are worked without preparation, work simplybeing held in place. Figure 48. Childs Frock.—This little frockshows pink shades in the smocking stitches and bul-lion embroidery is used to further decorate the gar-ment. This embroidery lends itself especially wellwhere smocking is done. Cross stitch also is very ap-propriate and much used in little floral linen dresses and play frocks are shown incolors, embroidered with birds and animals in lovelycolors on the collar and cuffs. These are verv un- 23 usual, and liigli class when tlie embroidery is donein cross stitch or Kensington stitch. Our littlefrock has thrce-and-one-lialf-inch tucks worked in of stitches and the quality of the work, as wellas coloring combined to make this a very prettyfrock, and well wurtli the task nf Fig. 46. Child Princess Pankl Fkuck or DlMITV outline stitch in shades asshown. The material is finehandkerchief linen. Two andone-half yards are sleeves show tucking and itserves to subdue the fullness, aswell as adding to the four-inch hem, a bit of ribbonand one yard of Xalencicnneslace, and some Irish inser-tion linish the frock. (SecFig. 49.) Figure 49 gives the detail ofthe work on Fig. 48. Thestitched method was used forpreparing for the work, ten rowsbeing required. As the pointswere free-hand, the arrangement ^»^>JH>ij w y V M ^ V V V «<f (f*^ ;i<;^^*;<«^^^^?
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