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Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s embroidery cotton Nos. 10 and
16.
The veinings of this pretty insertion must be worked in overcast stitch
(No. 68, _Embroidery Instructions_), the leaves and flowers in raised
satin stitch, the scallops in button-hole stitch, and the outer edge of
the leaves in back stitch (No. 70, _Embroidery Instructions_) with No.
10 cotton.
[Illustration: 132.--Insertion in Embroidery and Stitching.]
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133.--_Cravat End in Embroidery_.
Materials: Muslin, cambric, or linen; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s
embroidery cotton No. 24, or fine black China silk.
This graceful design is worked in raised satin stitch (see Nos. 76 and
77, _Embroidery Instructions_) and back stitching, or point Russe. Black
silk may be introduced at will, and the delicate leaves may be stitched
in fine black silk, and the flowers embroidered in white, with the
stamens in black silk.
[Illustration: 133.--Embroidered Pattern for Cravat Ends, &c.]
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