The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . emade at home by any expert needlewoman. Venice joint, or rose point, as it is sometimes called, is a lace of great richnessand beauty ; the design being funned of leaves, flowers and stems of a quaint, con-ventional form, projected in bold relief from the surface by an underpadding ofthread, and ornamented with fillings in stitches of a curious and varied character. Beyond these laces other towns and districts of Europe are celebrated for lacefabrics, but our Bpace compels us now to
The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work . emade at home by any expert needlewoman. Venice joint, or rose point, as it is sometimes called, is a lace of great richnessand beauty ; the design being funned of leaves, flowers and stems of a quaint, con-ventional form, projected in bold relief from the surface by an underpadding ofthread, and ornamented with fillings in stitches of a curious and varied character. Beyond these laces other towns and districts of Europe are celebrated for lacefabrics, but our Bpace compels us now to turn our attention to the directions forthe manufacture of lace work at home. The first of these is : ZToniton lace,which may be divided into two kinds—applique and point; the former includes-all those laces which have the pattern applied and sewn to a net ground, originally 52 LADIES GUIDE TO NEEDLEWORK. all made on the pillow or with the needle, bat in the present day, the pattern orsprigs are applied to machine-made net. In making the Huuilou applique it is best if possible to cut the thick work from. Fig. 49.—HcrxrroN. genuine Honiton lace and sew it down upon a fine Brussels net, in any handsomepattern. But the sprigs may be worked in crochet in precise imitation, and thenhe used. Directions will be found in the chapter on crochet work. LADIES GUIDE TO NEEDLEWORK. 53 When the sprigs are finished, cut the exact shape of the article required inbright colored paper, allowing a margin of half an iuch all round. On this tackthe net, and then the edge, beginning always in the centre. Arrange the sprigsand tack them also in their places, using short stitches on the upper side, and longones beneath. Sew all the sprigs on the net with very fine cotton. The net maybe turned in on the right side and covered neatly with the edge and finished witha short close buttonhole stitch. Another imitation of Honiton is made by select-ing a close pattern, working it in buttonhole stitch to
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