The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : A.W. Cowan · leaf 104
Sewing, butprecede the usual work by laying a piece of fine blackcord all round the hole, exactly at its raw edge, and thereBaste or Overcast, to keep it in the right position whilethe Buttonhole Stitch is performed over it. See Button-hole Stitch and the accompanying illustration, Fig. 749.… … Fig. 751. Decokative Buttonhole Stitch. as applied to decorative trimmings. The chain, orlinked portion of the stitch is made round the outer
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