Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890 · [Mulhouse (Alsace) : Printed by Brustlein & Co.] · leaf 28
h onelayer of stuff. Drawing in a patch (fig. 54). — Take a square piece of theoriginal stuff, 5 or 6 c/m. largereach way, than the hole it is tofill, draw out threads on all thefour sides, till the piece exactlymatches the hole, and tack itinto its place. Thread a very fineneedle with the two ends… … 22 MENDING Into this loop, slip the first of the threads, which as it were,form a fringe to the patch, and tighten the loop round it, andso on with each thread, alternately taking up and leavingthreads in the stuff, as in ordinary darning. To put a patch into a thin material, in this manner,…
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