COUCHING AND LAID WORK 133 ground material excepting at the edges, for the filling lies flatter thus treated. The lines of stitching do not always go straight across the form; they may go either up or down, slanting, or following round the outline! Their direction is as a rule … FIG. 226. ROUMANIAN COUCHING. and should be taken in a slanting direction, for they are laid thus in order not to be noticeable. In the form of couching illustrated in figure 227 a similar method of execution is described, but in this case its special character lies in the crossing stitch being…
Samplers · Embroidery
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