The American domestic cyclopædia, a volume of universal ready reference for American women in American homes (1890)
Lupton, F. M. (Frank M.), 1854-1910 · New York · leaf 98
econd one—and so on, thesuccession of loops forming tlie chain. The objection to this stitch is that it has a mechanical effect, and can beexactly imitated with the sewing-machine. The long embroidery-stitch ismuch more elastic and natural-looking, and able to accommodate itselfbetter to varying… … 98 ARTISTIC EMBROIDERY. chain-stitch ; and Figure 31 gives a very rich bordering pattern for this pur-pose. Turkish embroidery is nearly always done in chain-stitch; andcovers for small tables, with a light blue or scarlet ground, worked all overin chain-stitch arabesques with bright silks, make a…
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