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Beeton, Mrs. Isabella Mary, 1836-1865

"Beeton's Book of Needlework"


[Illustration: 351.--Alphabet of Small Capitals.]

352.--_Alphabet_.
Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Embroidery Cotton No. 12.
This pretty alphabet is worked in satin stitch, both raised and veined;
the design is composed of forget-me-not blossoms and leaves. Raised dots
worked in satin stitch form all the fine lines.
[Illustration: 352.--Alphabet in Satin Stitch.]
353.--Alphabet in Coral Stitch.
Material: Coloured ingrain marking cotton, or black sewing silk, or
filoselle.
The letters of this alphabet are particularly suitable for
pocket-handkerchiefs. The embroidery is worked either with marking
cotton, or coloured or black sewing silk; the long white lines are
worked in overcast stitch, the small white spots in satin stitch, the
remaining parts of the letters in coral stitch, as can be distinctly
seen in illustration.
[Illustration: 353.--Alphabet in Coral Stitch.]

354--- Small Alphabet.
Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Embroidery Cotton No. 16.
This useful alphabet is worked in satin stitch, veined in parts and
ornamented with tendrils.


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