Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 103
r this,draw out always four threads of the linen lengthwise and crosswise,letting the same number of threads stand, and overcast them diagon-ally, first in one direction, and then, crossing the same square in theopposite direction; and finish the edge of the borders adjoining theopen-work design… … Handsome portieres and curtains may be made of burlaps orna-mented with Holbein and other embroidery. ARTISTIC EMBROIDERY. 99 For the design in Figure 94, draw out eight threads, each two inchesand a half and five inches and three-quarters from the outer edge;cross every eight of the threads left…
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