Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 122
following. Satin-stitch is seen atits best when workedin floss. Coarse ortwisted silk lookscoarse in this stitch, asmay be seen by com-paring the petal D inthe sampler, Illustra-tion 36,with the petal intwisted silk here given(38). Marvellouslyskilful as are the needle-workers of India… … 38. SATIN-STITCH IN COARSETWISTED SILK. 96 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. they had been drawn with a pen, and this notmerely in the case of an outline, but in voidedlines of which each side has to be drawn withthe needle. The voided outline, by the way, ason Illustrations 39, 40, is not only the frankest…
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