ch. Work from left to
right, and the letter when completed must look rather like raised
printing than like embroidery. Gothic letters are much more difficult to
work on account of the many flourishes; it requires great practice in
needlework to embroider them well. Illustration 123.--The small black
dots are worked in black silk on the thick parts of the letter: the fine
strokes are covered with cross threads of black silk. Illustration
124.--The outlines of the letter and the fine strokes are worked in
black silk. Illustration 125.--This letter is embroidered in raised
satin stitch and _point de plume_. Illustration 126.--This letter is
worked in back stitches, over which are worked at regular distances
cross stitches of black silk. Illustration 127.--Letter in satin and
back stitch. Illustration 128 to be worked in overcast and double
overcast.

Illustration 129.--Letter G in _point russe_ with black silk.

[Illustration: 127.]

[Illustration: 128.]

[Illustration: 129.]

[Illustration: 130.]

ILLUSTRATION 130 (_Embroidered Figures_).--They are worked like the
letters in _point de plume_ and overcast; the dots are worked in knotted
stitch.

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EMBROIDERY.

[In working the following Embroidery Patterns it will be found advisable
to trace the design clearly upon tracing-paper with a sharp-pointed lead
pencil. The pattern thus traced must be perforated with a fine needle in
a succession of tiny holes, at the rate of about twenty to the inch.
Those ladies who possess a sewing-machine will find no difficulty in
accomplishing this. Several thicknesses of paper can be perforated at
the same time, if required, by any ordinary machine. To transfer the
traced and perforated design to the fabric to be embroidered, it is only
necessary to rub a small quantity of powder blue through the holes.]

131.--_Insertion in Embroidery_.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s embroidery cotton No. 16.

This insertion is worked in raised satin stitch and button-hole stitch.
The outlines must first be traced and the space filled up with chain
stitches. To work a leaf, begin at the point, working from right to
left, making short stitches, and always inserting the needle close above
the outline and drawing it out below. The holes left for the ribbon to
pass through are worked in plain button-hole stitch, the dots are worked
in raised satin stitch.

[Illustration: 131.--Insertio