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 33
consists in taking the needle back each timeto almost the spot whence it started, so that the same 28 HOME DECORATION. result is reached upon both sides. It produces a perfectlysmooth surface when properly and neatly worked, and isvery useful for petals and raised designs in small masses.Blanket… … Fig. 9.— Blanket-Stitch. Chain-stitch is used occasionally in filled-in embroid-ery, but it has a mechanical effect, and has been so ex-actly copied by machine-work that it is no longer sug-gestive in needle-work. It consists simply in taking astitch from left to right, and, before drawing out…
Needlework · Handicraft
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