Home decoration: art needle-work and embroidery; painting on silk, satin, and velvet; panel-painting; and wood-carving (1881)
Ruutz-Rees, Janet E. (Janet Emily), b. 1842 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 31
se nor tootight, and each point should be kept clear and bright.(See Fig. 5.) In working filled-in embroidery in stem-stitch the outline should be the last thing attempted, asby this method a more natural look is given to a leaf orflower. The stitches are intended to express the form ofthe leaf,… … Fig. 5.—Stem-Stitch. while in a simple leaf they should be at an angle fromthe middle rib, as in nature (Fig. 7). This treatment
Needlework · Handicraft
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