Embroidery and fancy work, containing directions for embroidering, painting, modelling, carving, etc (1899)
Belford, Clarke & Co · Chicago · leaf 16
work must be adapted to the foun-dation. Crewel would be out of place on handsome silksand satins, but is very suitable for all the varieties of 13 AND HOW TO USE THEM. 13 linen, cotton, and woollen goods. A judicious use of afew stitches of silk will often add wonderfully to thebrilliancy of… … Fig. 1. ting off the silk. Used in this way, it is not so apt tountwist or knot. There are quite a number of stitches employed in em-broidery, hut only a few are generally used. Of these 14 NEEDLES AND BRUSHES the most important is what is generally called outline orstem stitch. It is extremely…
Embroidery
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