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Vintage Hand Embroidery Flower Art Guide: Needlework Stitches (PDF Download)

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ART FLOWER EMBROIDERY NEEDLEWORK

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If you have any interest in Art Embroidery Needlework then this is a great book to have in your collection.

The original edition of this Rare book was printed in 1884

Complete Guide To Flower Embroidery

Including 70 different flowers.

Containing a Description of the Proper Stitches and The Correct Colors and Shades to be used in Embroidering the Leaves, Stems, Petals, etc., of the various Flowers represented in Art Embroidery.

If you have any interest in Embroidering Flowers then this is a great book to have in your collection.

70 pages Illustrated

CONTENTS:

STITCHES

The Kensington Outline Stitch
Split Outline Stitch
Kensington Filling-in Stitch
Stem Stitch
Laid Embroidery
Laid Stem Stitch
Wound or Bullion Stitch
Seed Stitch
The French Knot
Arrasene and Chenille
Plush or Tufted Stitch
Bird’s-Eye Stitch
Ribbon Embroidery
Couching Stitch


The Colors of 70 Flowers

Wild Rose
Sweet Brier Rose
Yellow Rose
Yellow Daisy
White Daisy
Lilac
Clover
Poppy
Forget-me-not
Bachelor’s Button
Sorrel
Violet
Sun Flower
Pansy
Lily of the Valley
Sumac
Woodbine
Trailing Arbutus
Golden Rod
Thistle
Apple Blossoms
Barberry
Innocence
Peach Blossom
Dandelion
Pond Lily
Pine Cones
Tulip
Heliotrope
Strawberry
Pussie Willows
Wild Columbine
Wild Geranium
Dutchman’s Breeches
Blackberry Vine
Buttercup
Cat Tails
Golden Coreopsis
Iris
Coleus Leaves
Wheat
Grasses
Ferns
Mountain Ash
Smilax Leaves
Nasturtium
Hardhack
Azalia
Flowering Almond
Morning Glory
Geranium
Russian Snow Flower
Love-in-the-Mist
Calla Lily
Coxcomb
Crocus
Love-lies-Bleeding
Cactus Flower
Fuschia
Salvia
Wild Cardinal Flower
Marygold
Carnation Pink
Cherries
Bitter Sweet or Roxbury Wax Work
Algerian Star Flower
Rosea Weigelia
Japonica
Wild Laurel
Chicory


How To Finish Fancy Work
Contrasting Colors
How To Press and Line the Work
How To Wash Silk


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