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_Embroidery Instructions_). The centre is worked in raised satin stitch
leaves round a circle of button-hole stitch, in the middle of which a
wheel is worked thus:--Slip the cotton under the thick edge and fasten
it, then cross it over and back so as to make 8 bars, then twist the
cotton twice round 1 bar; this will bring it to the centre; work over
and under each of the bars until a thick dot is formed; fasten the
cotton beneath this, and twist it twice round the bar opposite to the
first one you worked, and finish off.
[Illustration: 137.--Embroidery Pattern for Collars, Cuffs, &c.]
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138.--_Embroidery Covering for a Quilted Counterpane_.
Materials: Cashmere, cambric muslin, or linen; Messrs. Walter Evans and
Co.'s embroidery cotton No. 4.
[Illustration: 138.--Embroidery Covering for a Quilted Counterpart.]
This is an embroidery-pattern for a woollen or silk quilted counterpane.
Such counterpanes generally have a lining which is turned back on the
right side, and buttoned down at the point of each scallop.


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