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The stems are long stitches of black silk. The arabesque patterns
between those formed of four ovals are worked in chain stitch with silk
of two shades of brown. The colours of the ovals may be varied as much
as you please, but the brown shades of the arabesque patterns should
remain the same for the whole of the border.
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180 _and_ 181.--_Embroidery Stars_.
Materials: Fine linen; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s embroidery cotton
No. 40.
These stars are designed for medallions, to be worked on linen collars
and cuffs. No. 180 is worked in successive rows of back-stitching, round
an open wheel; ladder stitch (see No. 81, _Embroidery Instructions_) is
worked round this, and a raised scallop in button-hole stitch forms the
edge.
[Illustration: 180.--Embroidery Star.]
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[Illustration: 181.--Embroidery Star.]
No. 181 is worked in raised satin stitch; the interior of the star is
filled with lace wheels.
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182 _and_ 183.


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