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Illustration
124.--The outlines of the letter and the fine strokes are worked in
black silk. Illustration 125.--This letter is embroidered in raised
satin stitch and _point de plume_. Illustration 126.--This letter is
worked in back stitches, over which are worked at regular distances
cross stitches of black silk. Illustration 127.--Letter in satin and
back stitch. Illustration 128 to be worked in overcast and double
overcast.
Illustration 129.--Letter G in _point russe_ with black silk.
[Illustration: 127.]
[Illustration: 128.]
[Illustration: 129.]
[Illustration: 130.]
ILLUSTRATION 130 (_Embroidered Figures_).--They are worked like the
letters in _point de plume_ and overcast; the dots are worked in knotted
stitch.
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EMBROIDERY.
[In working the following Embroidery Patterns it will be found advisable
to trace the design clearly upon tracing-paper with a sharp-pointed lead
pencil. The pattern thus traced must be perforated with a fine needle in
a succession of tiny holes, at the rate of about twenty to the inch.


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