Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . Figure No. 10. TOR THE DECORATION OF GARMENTS. 31 Cross-Stitch Designs for Decorating Garments made ofPlain or Checked Materials, The cross or plain canvas stitch is very ponular for border-embroideries for dresses, aprons,cloaks, blankets or wrappers, and in fact for any garnieut for which such designs are cotton or wool fab- rics of pin-head or shep-herds check designs, thechecks form the guide bywhich the stitches are set,the same as do the checksof canvas; but when across-stitch design is to beapplied to a

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Smocking, fancy stitches, and cross stitch and darned net designs . Figure No. 10. TOR THE DECORATION OF GARMENTS. 31 Cross-Stitch Designs for Decorating Garments made ofPlain or Checked Materials, The cross or plain canvas stitch is very ponular for border-embroideries for dresses, aprons,cloaks, blankets or wrappers, and in fact for any garnieut for which such designs are cotton or wool fab- rics of pin-head or shep-herds check designs, thechecks form the guide bywhich the stitches are set,the same as do the checksof canvas; but when across-stitch design is to beapplied to a garment madeof plain fabric, the bestplan is to baste along theportion to be embroidereda strip of thiD open-mesh-ed canvas, and over it. FIGURE No. Cross-Stitch Embroidery on Checked Material.

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