The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 202
ch one-eighth of an inch long in a slanting directionupon the surface of the work. Continue to make theseshort slanting stitches until the space is covered, andarrange them so as to be carelessly thrown over the work,and not in any design. Fig. 371 is a flower with its centrefilled with Point de… … Fig. 371. Point de Eiz Stitch. Point de Rjse Stitch.—A variety of Feston orButtonhole, and used to fill in the petals of flowers,particularly of roses, hence its name. The differencebetween this stitch and ordinary Feston consists in thestitches being worked over a padded surface and beingbroader.…
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