The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . original genuine lace, and the curious needlework fillings belonging to them. 54 ladies guide to needlework. Point Lace, or, as it is generally called, modern point lace, is a very fascinating employmentfor ladies—so many pretty and elegant articles can Lo made in it—and if workedwith the great neatness and wonderful evenness of old point, there is no reasonwhy it should not be as Valuable. The materials required for tliis work are plainand fancy linen braids of the width suitable to
The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . original genuine lace, and the curious needlework fillings belonging to them. 54 ladies guide to needlework. Point Lace, or, as it is generally called, modern point lace, is a very fascinating employmentfor ladies—so many pretty and elegant articles can Lo made in it—and if workedwith the great neatness and wonderful evenness of old point, there is no reasonwhy it should not be as Valuable. The materials required for tliis work are plainand fancy linen braids of the width suitable to the pattern to be worked ; butmany ladies prefer making their own braid, that the work may be entirely fromtheir own hands. It is scarcely advisable, however, as the home-made braid has rarely the even-ness and finish of that procured at trifling cost. Point Zace 2Jitttc?fly. It is bettor not to begin on too large a piece of work ; we therefore give one ofthe butterflies so fashionable to wear now mi colored ribbons in the hair, and whichcan always be put to some pretty use when that fashion is Fig. 51.—BUTTERFLY. There are six different stitches in it. Tack the braid very neatly on the out-line of the butterfly, then fill in the stitches. Fill the upper part of the top wing-thus : Fasten strands of thread across each way two at a time, as shown in theengraving ; make the circle where the strands cross, passing the thread round twoor three times ; work over these threads two buttonhole stitches in the spacebetween the two threads, three buttonhole stitches in the next, space ; repeatfrom first threads; twist your thread round the strand to the next crossing, andrepeat till all the spaces are filled. Then the cobweb for the spots on the lowerwing : fasten six strands firmly across the circle formed by the braid; take a freshpiece of thread and pass it round and round, under and over, leaving an endwhich will be in the middle. When the cobweb is the size shown in th
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