Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 130
e hand :in the one case you seemore likeness to onestitch, in the other toanother. The flower atB, for example, and theleaf at D, on the sampler,Illustration 41, are bothworked in what is commonly called plumage,or embroidery stitch, though the term dove-tail, sometimes used, seems to describe it… … THE WORKING OF B ONSAMPLER 41. 104 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. which two stitches dovetail may be regardedas the connecting link. to work The petals at B are worked in the methodB> 41- illustrated in the diagram overleaf. The first stepis to edge the shape with satin-stitches in threes,successively long,…
Embroidery
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