. The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc. : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work. G black buttons, etc. This pretty and useful case, shown (Figs. Ill and 112) open and closed,requires for the foundation a straight piece of Panama canvas, thirteen andone-half inches long, and five and one-half inches wide; the middle of the can-vas then covered in the length with a row of cross-stitch in black purse silk;this ia again covered with rows of the same, in a reversed order, of corn blue,green an 1 red silk. The single stitches across, marking themselves in the pat
. The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc. : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work. G black buttons, etc. This pretty and useful case, shown (Figs. Ill and 112) open and closed,requires for the foundation a straight piece of Panama canvas, thirteen andone-half inches long, and five and one-half inches wide; the middle of the can-vas then covered in the length with a row of cross-stitch in black purse silk;this ia again covered with rows of the same, in a reversed order, of corn blue,green an 1 red silk. The single stitches across, marking themselves in the pattern,are to be worked with gold. The border edging, the middle design of loose10 146 LADIKS GUIDE TO NKKDLKVVOKK. stitches, in two shades of brown, shows the darkest shado as the outer edge. Theinner arrangement of the case is of two pockets, two and three-quarter inchesdeep, of brown silk, taken double with a calico foundation, which are intended tohold the lace, tape, scissors, needles, etc., these pockets being put on the canvasground lined with calico and silk, and joined to this by a brown silk binding,. Fig. 111.—OPEN. stitched on twice. At the edge of one pocket, underneath the string of the case,of silk ribbon twelve and one-half inches long, to be sewn on at the outside andfinished with bows, a piece of brown cord fastened at one of the ends, makes theholder for the different reels of thread. The loose end of this cord is then madewith a loop, and buttoned to a button put on to correspond. A piece of wax
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