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The Library Of Work and Play - Needlecraft

The Library Of Work and Play - Needlecraft

by Effie Archer Archer

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Author
Archer, Effie Archer
Title
Needlecraft
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Jordan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
Subject
Needlework
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44766
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44766
Release Date
January 26, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY. NEEDLECRAFT
  2. 2.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.I WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR WORK BOX, SEWING ON BUTTONS, BASTING, DARNING
  6. 6.II BACK-STITCHING, OVER-CASTING, CREASING A HEM AND HEMMING, ROLLING A HEM, FRENCH HEMMING, SEWING ON TAPES AND HOOKS AND EYES
  7. 7.III GATHERING, SEWING ON BANDS, A PRACTICAL SEWING APRON, HEMMED PATCHES, GUSSETS AND TUCKS
  8. 8.IV A DOLL'S SKIRT AND SEWING CASE, BINDINGS, DOLL'S BED LINEN AND A PIN CASE
  9. 9.V MAKING BUTTONHOLES, CUTTING FROM A PATTERN, A DOLL DRESS
  10. 10.VI A LESSON IN STENCILLING
  11. 11.VII WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH ONE SKIN; CUT LEATHER BAGS, BELTS, BOOK COVERS. ETC.
  12. 12.VIII TOOLED LEATHER AND TOOLS NECESSARY
  13. 13.IX THE SIMPLEST STITCHES IN EMBROIDERY—CHAIN STITCHING, OUTLINING, HERRING-BONING, CROSS-STITCHING, SOUTACHE, CORONATION BRAIDING
  14. 14.X SMOCKING, FEATHER-STITCHING AND LAZY-DAISY STITCH
  15. 15.XI COUCHING, SHADOW WORK AND TURKISH STITCH HOW TO STAMP DESIGNS
  16. 16.XII BUTTONHOLING AND WALLACHIAN EMBROIDERY
  17. 17.XIII ROMAN CUT-WORK, FANCY BUTTONHOLING FOR BORDERS, WORK BAGS, BERMUDA FAGOTTING
  18. 18.XIV SATIN-STITCH AND MARKING
  19. 19.XV EYELETS AND FRENCH KNOTS, BULLION STITCH, AND OTHER FANCY STITCHES.
  20. 20.XVI LONG AND SHORT, KENSINGTON EMBROIDERY, AND RIBBON WORK FOR SIMPLE FLOWERS
  21. 21.XVII HARDANGER EMBROIDERY FOR SQUARES, PIN CUSHIONS, AND SPREADS
  22. 22.XVIII APPLIQUÉ ON LINEN AND OTHER MATERIALS AND HEDEBO EMBROIDERY
  23. 23.XIX HEMSTITCHING FOR HANDKERCHIEFS AND COLLAR AND CUFFS SETS, ALSO SIMPLE DRAWN-WORK STITCHES
  24. 24.XX EASY LACE STITCHES, FAGOTTING, SINGLE MESH, DOUBLE MESH, SPIDERS, FAN, MALTESE CROSS, TWISTED AND BUTTONHOLED BARS, PICOTS FOR SIMPLE EDGES
  25. 25.XXI SIMPLE BASKETS
  26. 26.XXII RAFFIA BASKETS AND NAPKIN RINGS
  27. 27.XXIII RAFFIA HATS
  28. 28.XXIV KNOTTING FOR DOLLS' HAMMOCKS, SHOPPING BAGS, AND OTHER PURPOSES
  29. 29.XXV SIMPLE BEAD CHAINS ON SINGLE STRINGS, A HOME-MADE LOOM, WOVEN CHAINS, BELTS AND PURSES
  30. 30.XXVI BRAIDING AND WEAVING FOUR AND SIX STRANDS WEAVING ON LOOMS
  31. 31.XXVII SIMPLE CROCHETING, STITCHERY FOR EDGES AND SHAWLS
  32. 32.XXVIII PATTERN DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING DOLL CAPS AND CAPES, JACKETS AND CHILD'S BEDROOM SLIPPERS
  33. 33.XXIX IRISH CROCHET LACE
  34. 34.XXX KNITTING, PLAIN AND PURLING, WASH RAGS, AND FANCY STITCHES FOR SHAWLS
  35. 35.XXXI DOLL'S CAPE, HOOD, LEGGINGS AND JACKETS
  36. 36.XXXII EMBROIDERY SUGGESTIONS FOR BOARDING SCHOOL GIRL
  37. 37.Transcriber's Notes:

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