be strained, after the threads are drawn and the hem-stitching done. Care should be taken to have the material stretched tightly, so that the clusters of threads will be perfectly straight. The work can be basted on a piece of stiff paste-board instead of being stretched in a frame. In this case, the work should be firmly fastened to the card-board, care being taken to stretch it tightly.
Draw all the threads of the material out of one way to the depth of three inches and a half; divide the strands into sizes by working over the edges of each with a slanting loop, for the entire length, then crossing this line of stitches with a second
Fig. 74.
one (see top of design); next work the straight bars, seven-eighths of an inch from the edge, top and
