. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. CENTER CLOTH. The design shown here is very effective, and simple to work. Thematerial should be fine linen. The pointed scallops look best worked veryheavy in buttonhole stitch, with white linen floss. The ribbon should beworked with a delicate lily green, in buttonhole point stitch; the violets inthree shades of purple linen floss, size 8, in Kensington or satin stitch. SPECIAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 441. BED 1. The beds shown on this and succeeding page are covered with spreadsmade of Roman twill linen, decorated with designs that should be worked
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. CENTER CLOTH. The design shown here is very effective, and simple to work. Thematerial should be fine linen. The pointed scallops look best worked veryheavy in buttonhole stitch, with white linen floss. The ribbon should beworked with a delicate lily green, in buttonhole point stitch; the violets inthree shades of purple linen floss, size 8, in Kensington or satin stitch. SPECIAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 441. BED 1. The beds shown on this and succeeding page are covered with spreadsmade of Roman twill linen, decorated with designs that should be workedin outline and solid embroidery. Figure i has the extreme edges workedin scallops with heavy buttonhole stitch, with white linen floss. Thedesign in the center is also outlined with a scalloped edge, worked in thesame manner. The scroll above the border edge is effective worked inwhite rope linen, in a heavy cording outline stitch. The ferns in the cor-ner should be worked solid in two shades of green linen floss, size 8. Theferns in the center should also be worked in the same manner, and theknots of ribbon should be outlined with white. The same treatment shouldbe carried out on shams. Figure 2 shows a bed spread with a spread having a garland of tinyflowers arranged as an all-round border. The edge of spread should beworked with buttonhole stitch in scallops, and the garlands in natural colorof linen floss size 8; for the sma
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