The Ladies' Complete Guide to Needle-Work and Embroidery; Containing Clear and Practical Instructions Whereby Any One Can Easily Learn How to Do All Kins of Plain and Fancy Needlework
The Ladies' Complete Guide to Needle-Work and Embroidery; Containing Clear and Practical Instructions Whereby Any One Can Easily Learn How to Do All Kins of Plain and Fancy Needlework ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...than the upper, the sky, which is the most delicate, is worked last, and does not require to be rolled, nor is the work so likely to be uneven when taken out of the frame. It is curious that the grounding, one of the most particular Jjarts of the work, should generally be deemed of such minor importance. Although a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...than the upper, the sky, which is the most delicate, is worked last, and does not require to be rolled, nor is the work so likely to be uneven when taken out of the frame. It is curious that the grounding, one of the most particular Jjarts of the work, should generally be deemed of such minor importance. Although a tedious and uninteresting process, yet when properly accomplished, it fully repays the trouble bestowed. To ground well, requires great practice and experience. It is fully appreciated by many persons, as the first observation on seeing a fine specimen of canvas work is--" the beautiful grounding!" In grounding, it is advisable to begin at the bottom of the canvas, in the left hand corner. Above all things, the wool should be suited to the size of the canvas, the threads of which it should perfectly conceal. The needleful of wool should be short, both on account of soiling and impoverishing as it passes through the canvas, and a very small portion only should be passed through the eye of the needle. Finishing off on the same spot should always be avoided; and, instead of making knots, the wool should be brought up and worked over. When grounding is done on the hand, run the wool through a few stitches at the back of the work. Although not impossible, it is extremely difficult to ground fine canvas with pale blue, buff, straw, salmon, or grey; complaints are made against the worker and the wool, when the colour is an almost insurmountable obstacle. A white or light coloured ground should never be attempted on any but the whitest canvas, nor should subjects where a sky is to be depicted ever be worked on any other. Delicate scarlet, smalt blue, various drabs, dark purple, Spanish brown, gold colour, chrysophas green, claret, and marron, i...
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