A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . ural leaf, mark on the linena circle about 8 inches in diameter, which is the size of the doilywhen completed, and, using your pattern, trace a wreath of leavesaround it, the outer points touching the circle. The illustration willshow exactly how this is done. The plain centre of the doily isfrom 3 1-2 to 4 inches in diameter. After the tracing is done, work all around the edge of each leaf inone, two, three stitch, which is an uneven buttonhole stitch, tak-ing the stitches close together, and as evenly as possibl
A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads . ural leaf, mark on the linena circle about 8 inches in diameter, which is the size of the doilywhen completed, and, using your pattern, trace a wreath of leavesaround it, the outer points touching the circle. The illustration willshow exactly how this is done. The plain centre of the doily isfrom 3 1-2 to 4 inches in diameter. After the tracing is done, work all around the edge of each leaf inone, two, three stitch, which is an uneven buttonhole stitch, tak-ing the stitches close together, and as evenly as possible at the a little practice this work can be very rapidly executed, and isextremely effective. The veining of the leaves is done in outline 108 barbours prize needle—work series. stitch, described in No. i of Barbours Prize Needlework Series, andthe stems in the same way. There are 6 doilies in the set, and each may have a different leaf-pattern. They are lovely worked with two threads of the whitefloss, or the colored embroidery thread may be substituted, if pre-. Leaf Doily. ferred. I >oilies forming a single large leaf or flower, worked in sizeoo i the white flax embroidery thread, are very pretty. After thebuttonhole stitching is done, cut around the outside edges carefully,taking care nol t > clip the work. DEPARTMENT 10. —BOOK 1, CUSHION-COVER IN OLD ENGLISH POINT. FIRST PRIZE ARTICLE. [Contributed by Miss Anna E. Converse, So. Worthington, Mass.] The beautiful work known as Old English Point is now quitepopular, being much used in decorating table linen, etc. It ismade on the same principle as the fine French point, except that
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