Godey's lady's book (1840) (14582968909)

Identifier: godeysladysboo00phil (find matches)
Title: Godey's lady's book
Year: 1840 (1840s)
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Subjects: Women American literature Costume Arts
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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392 godeys ladys book and magazine. HEART-SHAPED EMBROIDERY BORDER,
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This border has a very elegant effect workedin two different ways, the first as an insertion,between tucks ; the second as a flounce, havingthe points of the hearts set round with a nar-row Valenciennes lace. Ladies who have leisurefor the work will find that a flounce thus workedand edged, with the lace set on below the pat-tern, worked as an insertion, produces a dressof very superior style. The borders of thehearts have all a double line sewn over, leavinga division which is filled in alternately withholes and sewn-over Vandyke lines. The flowersand sprigs of leaves in the interiors of each arein cut-out embroidery. < • • • » WORSTED FLOWERS. CONVOLVULUS. Cut a circle in pasteboard exactly sixteeninches in diameter. Make with a punch asmall hole exactly in the centre. Make twelvemarks on the edge of the card, at preciselyeven distances one from the other, and passtwelve pieces of wire through the hole, overthe edge of the card, and through the holeagain, at exactly the pl