Artistic embroidery; containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman (MacIlvaine), Mrs., 1831- [from old catalog] · New York, Adams & Bishop · leaf 124
hough the illustration has only four squares within each of the larger ones, it is often made fine enough to contain six or eight. Point de Feston is done in overcast stitches. At each stitch the frame is turned; the stitches are taken across the square, and increase in length at the top of the… … Fig. 117. Fig. 116. arranged with the needle to form the next. This is one of the easiest stitches to learn; and it is always worked with coarser thread than the foundation.
Embroidery
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