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. Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings, and coloured plates. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and terms (1885)
Caulfeild, Sophia Frances Ann, 1824-1911 · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 104
hown in the centre line of Pig. 321. To work in Hol-bein stitch with both sides alike : Run the thread firstover, then under, and then over the traced line, so tliatevery alternate stitch fills up a marked space. In thesecond running, work over the plain spaces and under theones already filled in.… … Fig. 324, Battlemented Stitch,Point do Russe : Trace a battlemented line. Bring theneedle up from the back of the material, at one end of theshort line forming the top of one Battlement, put theneedle back at the end of this line, only take up a fewthi-eads of material, and bring the needle out, at…
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