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 67
o theirplaces by a stitch brought from the back of the work onone side of the thread, and put down into the material onthe other, and so securing it into its position. A fewlight stitches are worked directly on to the material as afinish to the chief lines, but they are always madesubordinate to… … Fis. 713. Saxon Embeoidekt. Museum. The subject is not ecclesiastical, as the quiltwas not intended for Church uses, but it gives a fair ideaof the manner in which this Embroidery was worked, andis a pattern that can be easily copied. To work: Tracethe design upon fine linen (but only the outline)…
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