. Florence home needle-work. FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. MOSAIC EMBROIDERY WITH CORTICELLI WASH SILK. Gentlemans Fouk-in-iiand Scarf. (Figs. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34.) Materials. —Five spools EE Corticelli Wash Em-broidery Silk (Pig. C), one piece of Florence SilkMosaic five by forty-five inches, one piece of Flor-ence Silk Mosaic two and three-fourths by forty-five inches, a No. 23 blunt-point tapestry needle, aNo. 8 sewing needle and five yards of sewing Fig. C. — Corticelli Embroidery Silk for Darning Scarf. Fine bleached linen huckaback can be used for this work, but as
. Florence home needle-work. FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. MOSAIC EMBROIDERY WITH CORTICELLI WASH SILK. Gentlemans Fouk-in-iiand Scarf. (Figs. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34.) Materials. —Five spools EE Corticelli Wash Em-broidery Silk (Pig. C), one piece of Florence SilkMosaic five by forty-five inches, one piece of Flor-ence Silk Mosaic two and three-fourths by forty-five inches, a No. 23 blunt-point tapestry needle, aNo. 8 sewing needle and five yards of sewing Fig. C. — Corticelli Embroidery Silk for Darning Scarf. Fine bleached linen huckaback can be used for this work, but as it seldom comes entirely free from imperfections in weaving the Silk Mosaic is more desirable, and has the further advantage of a richer effect. It is woven exactly the right width for the work, the figured stripe in the centre being calcu- Detail of lated for the embroidery, leaving the plain outer portions for turning in to form an interlining; the rows of small figures woven into each margin are used to loosely stitch together the edges, which overlap slightly, Fig. 26. FLOF i, wove ,nc * • tskle lini in now Kas wellcut to t)
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