L DIRECTIONS 553
Tracing and drawing the designs 553
The preparation of the stuffs and the subdivision of the patterns 557
To transpose and repeat patterns by means of looking glasses 559
To alter the proportions of a pattern by dividing the ground into
squares 560
To prepare the paste for applique work 564
To stiffen new needlework 565
To wash ordinary lace 565
To wash real lace 566
To stiffen lace 566
To iron lace 566
To pin out lace 567
To wash coloured cottons and work done with the same 568
Materials 569

By the same Author

ALBUM DE BRODERIES

AU POINT DE CROIX.

(Album of cross-stitch embroidery)

BY TH. DE DILLMONT

32 Plates with 278 Designs, and a complete treatise on the embroidery
itself.

Quarto; artistic boards, price 1_s._ 6_d._

[Illustration: FIG. 153.]

_To be had by applying to the Author and Editor TH. DE DILLMONT,
DORNACH, Alsace, and at all the leading booksellers and Embroidery
shops._

[Illustration]

PRINTED BY BRUSTLEIN & Co.,

MULHOUSE (Alsace)

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