Needlecraft
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1. THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY2. ILLUSTRATIONS3. I WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR WORK BOX, SEWING ON BUTTONS, BASTING, DARNING4. II BACK-STITCHING, OVER-CASTING, CREASING A HEM AND HEMMING, ROLLING A HEM, FRENCH HEMMING, SEWING ON TAPES AND HOOKS AND EYES5. III GATHERING, SEWING ON BANDS, A PRACTICAL SEWING APRON, HEMMED PATCHES, GUSSETS AND TUCKS6. IV A DOLL'S SKIRT AND SEWING CASE, BINDINGS, DOLL'S BED LINEN AND A PIN CASE7. V MAKING BUTTONHOLES, CUTTING FROM A PATTERN, A DOLL DRESS8. VI A LESSON IN STENCILLING9. VII WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH ONE SKIN; CUT LEATHER BAGS, BELTS, BOOK COVERS. ETC.10. VIII TOOLED LEATHER AND TOOLS NECESSARY11. IX THE SIMPLEST STITCHES IN EMBROIDERY—CHAIN STITCHING, OUTLINING, HERRING-BONING, CROSS-STITCHING, SOUTACHE, CORONATION BRAIDING12. X SMOCKING, FEATHER-STITCHING AND LAZY-DAISY STITCH13. XI COUCHING, SHADOW WORK AND TURKISH STITCH HOW TO STAMP DESIGNS14. XII BUTTONHOLING AND WALLACHIAN EMBROIDERY15. XIII ROMAN CUT-WORK, FANCY BUTTONHOLING FOR BORDERS, WORK BAGS, BERMUDA FAGOTTING16. XIV SATIN-STITCH AND MARKING17. XV EYELETS AND FRENCH KNOTS, BULLION STITCH, AND OTHER FANCY STITCHES.18. XVI LONG AND SHORT, KENSINGTON EMBROIDERY, AND RIBBON WORK FOR SIMPLE FLOWERS19. XVII HARDANGER EMBROIDERY FOR SQUARES, PIN CUSHIONS, AND SPREADS20. XVIII APPLIQUÉ ON LINEN AND OTHER MATERIALS AND HEDEBO EMBROIDERY21. XIX HEMSTITCHING FOR HANDKERCHIEFS AND COLLAR AND CUFFS SETS, ALSO SIMPLE DRAWN-WORK STITCHES22. XX EASY LACE STITCHES, FAGOTTING, SINGLE MESH, DOUBLE MESH, SPIDERS, FAN, MALTESE CROSS, TWISTED AND BUTTONHOLED BARS, PICOTS FOR SIMPLE EDGES23. XXI SIMPLE BASKETS24. XXII RAFFIA BASKETS AND NAPKIN RINGS25. XXIII RAFFIA HATS26. XXIV KNOTTING FOR DOLLS' HAMMOCKS, SHOPPING BAGS, AND OTHER PURPOSES27. XXV SIMPLE BEAD CHAINS ON SINGLE STRINGS, A HOME-MADE LOOM, WOVEN CHAINS, BELTS AND PURSES28. XXVI BRAIDING AND WEAVING FOUR AND SIX STRANDS WEAVING ON LOOMS29. XXVII SIMPLE CROCHETING, STITCHERY FOR EDGES AND SHAWLS30. XXVIII PATTERN DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING DOLL CAPS AND CAPES, JACKETS AND CHILD'S BEDROOM SLIPPERS31. XXIX IRISH CROCHET LACE32. XXX KNITTING, PLAIN AND PURLING, WASH RAGS, AND FANCY STITCHES FOR SHAWLS33. XXXI DOLL'S CAPE, HOOD, LEGGINGS AND JACKETS34. XXXII EMBROIDERY SUGGESTIONS FOR BOARDING SCHOOL GIRL