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 213
NEEDLEWORK. False Buttonholes.—Tiiese are sometimes adopted asdecorations for dresses and jackets. They are made bysewing a cord, or small roll of the material cut crosswise,of the same size and shape as a buttonhole, the buttonbeing sewn on the two ends of the roll or cord at theirjunction. The… … Fia. 397. False Buttonholes. They may also be simulated thus: Insert the needle at oneend of the supposed length of the opening at the top, thentwist the silk round the end of the needle on its appear-ance up through the material, at the opposite end of theopening, until the length of twisting…
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