Church needlework; a manual of practical instruction (1907)
Hands, Hinda M · London, G.J. Palmer · leaf 33
ON SILK-WORK 19 is something^ like that made by couching-, direction — vertical at /, horizontal at J, on only it is softer-looking and more quickly the sampler. done. If it is a border of any considerable They can be laid at any ang-le, provided length a number of skeins may be all begun that the… … to the direction the over-stitching will take. It ought to cross the laid stitches as nearly as possible at right angles to keep it nicely in place. Of course, it is impossible to keep strictly to this, but if the principal veinings are placed thus the others will naturally approximate…
Needlework · Embroidery
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