Embroidery : a collection of articles on subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, including stitches, materials, methods of work, and designing, and history ... (1909)
Christie, Grace · London, James Pearsall · leaf 91
e of pink,three of myrtle green, two of dull green,one each of buff yellow, black, and greenishblue. The petals of the flowers are worked in 61 EMBROIDERY chain stitch in three shades of soft blue,and with the floss silk split in half (thefloss is split thus whenever chain is em-ployed). The… … Fig. 38 fairly clearly the direction of the stitchingand the arrangement of the different shadesof colour. The outlining of each petal, in the darkestblue, is carried out first, then the dark vein 62 drawing. The petals are completed by adouble line of chain in the darkest bluealong the base, in…
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