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Embroidery and decorative stitches (1916)

Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, International Educational Publishing Company · Scranton, Pa. : Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences · leaf 19

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s in the manner ex- plained in connection with the couching-stitch and se- curing them in position with the blanket-stitch, which is simply a single- purl buttonhole-stitch. The uses for blanket-stitch couching are the same as for the couching-stitch, and the beauty of this work de- pends, also, on… … Fig. 11 braid to be shaped so as to form petals, for which reason it is convenient to use in border and banding effects. As embroidery designs may be quickly worked with such braid, it often receives preference over the satin-stitch. ▲1—7

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