Art-needlework for decorative embroidery : a guide to embroidery in crewels, silks, appliqué, etc. ... (1879)
Savage, E. M. A. (Eliza Mary Ann), 1836-1885, Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900 · Boston : S. W. Tilton and Co. · leaf 9
rally to allhand-worked embroideries. STITCHES. Stem Stitch. —The first stitch which is taught to a be-ginner is stem stitch (wrongly called also, crewelstitch, as it has no claim to being used exclusively increwel embroidery). It is most useful in work done inthe hand, and especially in outlines… … No. i. — Stem Stitch. of the fabric, the stitches following each other almost inline from left to right. The effect on the wrong side isexactly that of an irregular back-stitching used by dress-makers, as distinguished from regular stitching. A leaf worked in outline shouldn be begun at the lower…
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