Clark thread company, Newark, N. J. [from old catalog] · [New York, Printed by Phillips and Van Brunt co. inc.] · leaf 10
(see Fig. 1). Running stitch is used for plain seams, for joining lightmaterials and for making gathers. Back-stitching, shown in the second illustration, is worked from right to left. As will be seen by referring tothe detail, the stitch on the right side of the material is only half the length of… … almost everyone owns a sewing machine, back-stitching is not used as frequently as in the past, when every-thing—no matter what the material—was sewed by hand. Back stitch is frequently used in combination with running stitch in sewing a seam. By taking a back stitchafter every three or four…
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