. Florence home needle-work. Fig. 13. — Sections of Honiton Braid. tion of this doilyin full size withthe embroiderycomplete, andshows how thelinen founda-tion is cut away behind each section of braid after the but-ton-hole work is done with No. 500 Corticelli Lace Silk (Fig. A), the color being white (No. G14), to match the braid. The stems and leaves of the flowers are also worked in white with Corticelli Filo Silk, as seen in Fig. B. Fig. 8 shows a piece of linen stamped for a doily measuring ten inches in diametercomplete. A single sec-tion of braid, as shownin Fig. 4, is basted onto the o
. Florence home needle-work. Fig. 13. — Sections of Honiton Braid. tion of this doilyin full size withthe embroiderycomplete, andshows how thelinen founda-tion is cut away behind each section of braid after the but-ton-hole work is done with No. 500 Corticelli Lace Silk (Fig. A), the color being white (No. G14), to match the braid. The stems and leaves of the flowers are also worked in white with Corticelli Filo Silk, as seen in Fig. B. Fig. 8 shows a piece of linen stamped for a doily measuring ten inches in diametercomplete. A single sec-tion of braid, as shownin Fig. 4, is basted onto the outer edge of thedesign in seven places, spaced equally. The flowers (called thistles) each require a single section of braid also. The button-hole work is done with No. 500 Corticelli Lace Embroidery Silk (Pig. A) ; the rest of the work is done with Corticelli Filo Silk (Fig. B), the color in both cases being shade No. 614, Fig. 14. — Sections of Honiton Braid.
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