Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 34
ordinary worker. Chain-stitch is sometimes used for filled-in embroidery; the lines ofthe chain being laid very close together, and following the form ofthe leaf or flower until the space is filled. It should always be com-menced on the outside, and worked to the centre. Some very rich kinds of… … ^0 ARTISTIC EMBROIDERY. in ancient crewel-work; and is made by holding the thread firmly overthe point of the needle, while it is drawn out, so as to form a loop.The needle is put back again into the centre of this loop; and thethread again passed over the point to form a second one—and so on,the…
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