Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . Figure No. 2. Figure No. Figure No. 4. In selecting the thread to be used in developing these designs, care should be exercised inmaking the selections harmonious as to color, and appropriate as to the texture of the fabric to bedecorated. Brown upon ecru, a deep gray upon a pearl or light gray ground, or dense red on woodcints are pretty combinations 2 18 SMOCKING, FANCY STITCHES,. Figure No. 5.

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