Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . anket, cloak or petticoats. Figure jSTo. 6.—Cross-Stitch Design for aShepherds Check Dress.—In this, as in canvaswork, the blocks or squares should be counted,and the design, which may be easily followed, isworked in the simple cross-stitch. The color ofthe cotton or silk used may match or contrastwith those in the check. Sometimes the embroid-ery is done all in one color, and again both colorsof the check are introduced. This pattern is es-pecially adapted for plain skirts, and may be re-versed to form a broad border on or ab
Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . anket, cloak or petticoats. Figure jSTo. 6.—Cross-Stitch Design for aShepherds Check Dress.—In this, as in canvaswork, the blocks or squares should be counted,and the design, which may be easily followed, isworked in the simple cross-stitch. The color ofthe cotton or silk used may match or contrastwith those in the check. Sometimes the embroid-ery is done all in one color, and again both colorsof the check are introduced. This pattern is es-pecially adapted for plain skirts, and may be re-versed to form a broad border on or above thehem. By the exercise of a little care, this designmay be worked on a tea-gown in delicate shadesof silk, with very effective results. Figure No. 7.—Embroidery Design forGinghams, Small Checks, Etc.—This figure shows an artistic border in fancy stitches for anygoods having a similar checked foundation. The border is made in the following manner: Countas many blocks or squares up from the edge of the hem as will look well in proportion to the length-. Figure No. 1.—Embroidery Design for Ging-hams, Small Checks, etc. DARNED-NET DESIGNS, ETC. 33 oi the skirt. Bring the needle up from underneath and pass it over the crosswise line of the goodsdown through the point where the lengthwise line crosses it; then bring it up at the next point of ? ? ^ ? ? Figure No. 8. %. > ? FIGURE NO. 10. FIGURE No. 11. Figures Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11.—Cross-Stitch Design for SpecialParts of Ladies Aprons of stitch, and after the first block on each line is completed, skip three blocks and work thefourth square all across the straight line of stitches. The stitches extending from the corners ofthese squares are ma
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