Miller, Fred, decorative artist · New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld. · leaf 227
n No. 152 we have asimple design, and if weexamine it we see thatthe pattern is as muchthe result of the por-tions left uncut as it isof the cut ones. Theseuncut parts are called ties and are an in-tegral part of all stencilpatterns, for it is obvious that if we cut the alphabet, someletters, such… … No. 154.—Border, produced by embroidering Nos. A and B. loops of the letters from falling out. In the diagram B, No.151, we see how ties must be left if B is to be made into astencil, and it follows, therefore, that in designing stencils STENCILLING. 215 we must so arrange our pattern that these…
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