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 186
n Sewing, butprecede the usual work by laying a piece of fine blackcord all roumd 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. Decorative Buttonhole Stitch. as applied to decorative trimmings. The chain, orlinked portion of the stitch is made round the outer
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