The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . r flowers, although both are exten-sively used. Patent c±ppliqwe is an easier form of the same work, and can be procured at all fancy stores. Thepattern is stamped out upon the material but not cut through, the design beiug ofa different color from the groundwork. The outlines must be braided or workedin satin stitch, exactly as in the genuine applique. The effect of this edge is toraise the inner work, so that it is impossible to tell that it is not actually laid on. Many of the pat
The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . r flowers, although both are exten-sively used. Patent c±ppliqwe is an easier form of the same work, and can be procured at all fancy stores. Thepattern is stamped out upon the material but not cut through, the design beiug ofa different color from the groundwork. The outlines must be braided or workedin satin stitch, exactly as in the genuine applique. The effect of this edge is toraise the inner work, so that it is impossible to tell that it is not actually laid on. Many of the patterns are very elaborate, and there is a great gain in escapingthe actual edge which will often escape from the most careful braiding, and soonwear ragged. LADIES GUIDE TO NEEDLEWORK. 31 Cretonne Work. This is a charming new style of application. The cretonne in every designand color can be procured at any fancy store, and the patterns must be cut outwith very fine, sharp scissors. They are always clearly defined. Take a pieceof the material—black satin being one of the favorite fabrics—suitable for a. YlS. ?%}.—FLORAL DESIGN FOR CRETONNE WORK. 32 LADIES GUIDE TO NEEDLEWORK. screen, cushion or any article chosen, and pin it clown very firmly upon aperfectly flat surface. Cut out your designs from the cretonne. Birds are the most effective, being so brilliantly colored. Cut out a branch, sayapple-blossom, and such birds as you prefer. Lay these face downward, andpaste carefully with starch or very fine gum-arabic. Then lay them upon thosatin. It would be well first to place them on the satin, before Btarehing org-imming the back, to judge of the effect and mark tho places where you wishthem to be with pins; then gum and attach them. It is then best to put thowork in a frame; but, if this is iuconvenient, the cretonne must bo further
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