Heron, Adelaide E · Chicago, Thompson & Thomas · leaf 109
y filling stitches can beadded to certain portions of the design on the right. For instance, thecrescents can be filled with plain darning stitch, the petals of the star-shapedflower can be filled with honey-comb stitch and the triangle-shaped spaceswith crowsfeet, while the outlines of these and… … FIG. 8i. For the design on the left—the flight of birds—outline stitch alone willbe far more effective and appropriate. The birds can be outlined withthree shades of fawn brown; that is, work one bird in one shade, the secondbird in another shade, and the third bird in still a deeper shade of the…
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