. Florence home needle-work. _6H* :::i::T??::!i:i:i:??tii::;ti:t:!.it:( :i!!:Ml[!£!!,,Hm!,EH,:Ii,I:ttitHt|:imit:u:>:iii^i[:iitim::t!fn|. Fig. 55. — Button-holeStitch Border. Embroidery done in button-hole stitch is more durable andto our mind more attractive when done with the hardertwisted silk, like the EE Embroidery Silk or the EtchingSilk; this last kind is called also Outline Embroidery Silk,and is used for fine outlines of designs, such as stems, tendrilsand the conventional ornamental figures so often used bydesigners in combination with natural flower forms. Corti-celli Lace Em
. Florence home needle-work. _6H* :::i::T??::!i:i:i:??tii::;ti:t:!.it:( :i!!:Ml[!£!!,,Hm!,EH,:Ii,I:ttitHt|:imit:u:>:iii^i[:iitim::t!fn|. Fig. 55. — Button-holeStitch Border. Embroidery done in button-hole stitch is more durable andto our mind more attractive when done with the hardertwisted silk, like the EE Embroidery Silk or the EtchingSilk; this last kind is called also Outline Embroidery Silk,and is used for fine outlines of designs, such as stems, tendrilsand the conventional ornamental figures so often used bydesigners in combination with natural flower forms. Corti-celli Lace Embroidery Silk in thesize No. 500 is now much usedfor the purpose indicated by itsname This kind of work con-sists chiefly of button-hole stitchapplied to Honiton braid in theshape of conventional floral designsexecuted on fine white linen. Fig. 54 shows the effect of embroidery done with CorticelliFilo Silk (Fig. B), being part of a very beautiful and elaboratedesign. Fig. 55 is a simple illustration of a bit of border inbutton-hole stitch, worked with Corticelli EE Wash Embroid-ery Silk (Fig. C). The numbers whichfollow in connectionwi
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