A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Square, in Roman Embroidery. Trace or stamp the design on the linen, and buttonhole the linesclosely. The surface stitches are simple but effective, being theloop or birds-eye stitch, with which all are familiar. Push theneedle up through the fabric, then down again in the same place,leaving a loop of requisite length, — say, for this purpose, ]/A to yiinch. Bring the needle up at tip of loop, pass it over the thread and SAILOR COLLAR, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. 69 down on the other side, thus making a short stitch to hold
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread . Square, in Roman Embroidery. Trace or stamp the design on the linen, and buttonhole the linesclosely. The surface stitches are simple but effective, being theloop or birds-eye stitch, with which all are familiar. Push theneedle up through the fabric, then down again in the same place,leaving a loop of requisite length, — say, for this purpose, ]/A to yiinch. Bring the needle up at tip of loop, pass it over the thread and SAILOR COLLAR, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. 69 down on the other side, thus making a short stitch to hold the loopin place. In the corner leaves 3 of these loops start from a centralpoint, in the side scrolls they are single. Barbours Ulster etchingflax, cream or white, is used for this work with beautiful effect. SAILOR COLLAR, IN ROMAN EMBROIDERY. [Contributed by Mrs. F. P. Bernard, Warren, Minn.] Materials : Barbours Irish flax thread, No. 50, 3-cord, 200-yardsspools, and y$ yard linen of suitable quality. If preferred, Bar-. Sailor Collar, in Roman Embroidery. bours Ulster etching flax or linen embroidery floss No. 5 for finerwork may be used instead of the thread. Procure a sailor collar of size desired, — that given is large enoughfor the average child of five years, — fasten the linen to a boardwith a few pins, place the pattern on this and mark around theedges. Cut a link from some stiff paper, 13/A X 1 x/s inches, mak-ing the opening same width as one side of link, 3/8 inch. Thesmaller links are 1% X ^ inch, proportioned like the larger 70 harbours prize needle-work series. ones, the anchors 3^ inches long, and stars \y2 inches from pointto point. With the large link pattern begin at the neck and workdown to point in front, and around to centre of back ; then beginon other side and work around to centre of back in same way,then add the centre links in back of collar, top and bottom. Layon the star pattern, mark edges and centres, — 5^ inch, — thenthe anchors and
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