Materials: Blue satin; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread
No. 16; blue silk cord.
[Illustration: 571.--Work Case in Guipure d'Art (Back).]
This little work-case, of darned netting and blue satin, is five inches
and four-fifths long, four inches wide, and is fastened with a loop and
button. The back, front, side, and the flap are worked all in one piece.
The netting is worked with white thread No. 12, over a mesh measuring at
least two-fifths of an inch round. For the flap the netting must be
slanted off on both sides; this is done either by decreasings, or by
cutting off the corners of the work. The latter is then darned in linen
stitch, darning stitch, and point d'esprit, from No. 572, which shows
the front of the case, and from No. 571, which shows the back. The
netting is then lined with blue satin, and sewn together at the sides
with button-hole stitches on the right side. The flap is edged with
button-hole stitch; sew on a small button, and make a small loop to
correspond. The case is edged all round with blue silk cord.
[Illustration: 572.--Work Case in Guipure d'Art (Front).]
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573.--_Banner Screen in Guipure d'Art_.
Materials: Netting; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread
No. 12; carved oak stand; glacé silk; cords; tassels.
Banner-screens are used in two ways, either suspended from the
mantelpiece or mounted as shown in illustration No. 573. The banner is
23 inches long, 19 inches wide, lined with coloured glacé silk, and
edged with a lace border of guipure d'art. The design for the banner is
given in page 554. Work the netting for the groundwork over a larger or
smaller mesh, according to the size you wish it to be. The pattern is
worked in point d'esprit, point de reprise, and point de toile. When the
pattern is completed, line the banner with coloured silk, edge with a
gathered border of guipure d'art, finish with coloured silk cords and
tassels. The banner may be finished off in close button-hole stitch,
instead of adding the lace border.
[Illustration: 573.--Banner Screen in Guipure d'Art.]
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[Illustration: 575.--Border in Guipure d'Art.]
575.--_Border in Guipure d'Art_.
Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 8.
This border is suited for couvrettes. It is worked in point d'esprit,
point de reprise, or plain darning stitch, edged by a row of
button-hole, and finished with a crochet edging.
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[Illustration: 576.--Square in Guipure d'Art.]
576.--_Square in Guipure d'Art_.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 12;
netted square of 20 holes.
This pretty square is worked in a pattern formed by point de feston,
point de toile, and point de reprise, the star in the centre as that
shown on page 514, omitting the alternate points; border of point
d'esprit, ground worked in simple crossed bars.