The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . straight ends, the points being in thecentre of the width, and formed with two angles. Towork: Cut out a number of these figures, make them3 inches from point to point, Ik inches across, andIk inches for the side lines, and 1 inch for the lines fromthe point to the side. Sew these togethe
The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . straight ends, the points being in thecentre of the width, and formed with two angles. Towork: Cut out a number of these figures, make them3 inches from point to point, Ik inches across, andIk inches for the side lines, and 1 inch for the lines fromthe point to the side. Sew these together in rows,placing a light Lozenge next a dark one. In the nextrow, arrange the Lozenges in the same way, so that, whenall the patches are arranged, diagonal lines of alternateshades will cross the material. Mosaic.—(1). The pattern shown in Fig. 651 is formedwith squares and acute-angled triangles. It is a goodpattern to use for cretonne patches, and for small pieces ofsilk and satin, the large square being made with pieces ofcretonne of flower designs, and the small triangles ofvarious coloured silks. Cut out the squares, and make them6 inches each way ; cut the triangles out, and make theirbase 6 inches, their height 3 inches. Take a cretonnesquare, and sew to each of its sides the base of a dark. Fia. C51. Mosaic Patchwork (No. 1). triangle, and fill in the triangle with three other triangles;turn all their points inwards, and make a perfect squarewith their bases. Make this kind of square to the foursides of the centre, and fill in the sides of the cross thusmade with four large cretonne squares. Join a numberof pieces together in this manner, and then sew themto each other, and make a variegated pattern by usingvarious patterned and coloured cretonnes and silks indifferent sections. (2). Another variety of Mosaic is composed of threedifferently cut pieces, viz., squares, parallelograms, andunequal sided hexagons. To work: Cut out the squaresin pale yellow silk, and make
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