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 72
the material as beforedescribed; continue to lay down diagonal lines of pursesilk, keeping theoi at an even distance from each otheruntil the floss silk is covered. Diamond Couching.—One of the Flat Couchings usedin Church Work, illustrated in Fig. 291, and workedas follows : Lay down lines of… … Fig. 2D1. Diamond Couching. from the back of the material and returned there. Thelines running in one direction first lay and secure, thencross them with lines laid in an opposite direction, so asto foiTu, with the ones already secured, a number ofdiamonds; catch these down to the mateiial in…
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