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Art-needlework for decorative embroidery; (1879)

Savage, Eliza Mary Ann, 1836-1885. [from old catalog], Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900, ed · Boston, S. W. Tilton & co. · leaf 61

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METHOD. 43 for twisted silks, which require a different treatment ; and point passe, or satin stitch, must be adopted. This consists m. passing the silk from one outline to another. Those beautiful pieces of Indian and Chinese embroidery, with the right and wrong sides exactly alike (making,… … , . , . f . 1111 DIAGRAM 6. — SATIN STITCH. be raised, a piece oi string should be sewn in the centre of the cardboard, and the silk taken over it. The stitches should always be taken in a slanting direction ; that is to say, they should, if possible, never run parallel to either the warp or the…

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