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Church embroidery (1911)

Dryden, Alice · London, A. R. Mowbray · leaf 129

An illustration from Church embroidery, 1911, leaf 129
Stitches 105 known as opus plum- arium from its resem- blance to the feathers of a bird, is, as its name implies, long and short stitches worked into each other ; it looks practically the same, when done, on both sides of the Fig. 1. Long and Short Stitch. stuff, and should … gloss of the silk ; Fig. 2. Satin Stitch.

Embroidery · Church vestments

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