. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ART OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. 91 DOYLEYS. There are many different methods of decorating doyleys, chief amongwhich are the all-over and the Dresden designs. The former style is wellrepresented by the two illustrations shown in figures 85 and S6. The two. DOYLEY. FIG. 85. designs are given full working size and can be transferred to the materialaccording to the directions given in Chapter IV. The edges of doyleysare usually finished with a very narrow hemstitched hem. To work figure85 will require four skeins of filo floss, as follows: Shades Nos. 1202, 1240, 124

. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ART OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. 91 DOYLEYS. There are many different methods of decorating doyleys, chief amongwhich are the all-over and the Dresden designs. The former style is wellrepresented by the two illustrations shown in figures 85 and S6. The two. DOYLEY. FIG. 85. designs are given full working size and can be transferred to the materialaccording to the directions given in Chapter IV. The edges of doyleysare usually finished with a very narrow hemstitched hem. To work figure85 will require four skeins of filo floss, as follows: Shades Nos. 1202, 1240, 124 Stock Photo

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. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ART OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. 91 DOYLEYS. There are many different methods of decorating doyleys, chief amongwhich are the all-over and the Dresden designs. The former style is wellrepresented by the two illustrations shown in figures 85 and S6. The two. DOYLEY. FIG. 85. designs are given full working size and can be transferred to the materialaccording to the directions given in Chapter IV. The edges of doyleysare usually finished with a very narrow hemstitched hem. To work figure85 will require four skeins of filo floss, as follows: Shades Nos. 1202, 1240, 1242 and 1260; as will be seen from the table of shading, these colors 7 92 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. are pure white, pale green, dark green and pale yellow. Use thewhite for the clover heads, the pale yellow for outlining the circles, thedark green for the clover leaves and the pale green for working the dotted

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