Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 30
ne. In veining leaves and workingsmall stems, it is more manageable than any other stitch; and it isformed bv makino- a straio-ht stitch rather more than a sixteenth ofan inch in length—then for the next stitch, putting the needle abouthalf-way back into the first one and working it the same… … Fig. 26. POmT-RUSSE. This is a stitch frequently mentioned in new embroidery; but the 26 ARTISTIC EMBEOIDEKY. tnodus operandi does not seem to be so well known as that of manyothers. Possibly because of its very simplicity—^for Point-Russe ismerely a succession of back-stitches neatly and regularly…
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