How to work embroidery stitches; a practical method with 69 illustrations (1909)
[Cartier-Bresson, Mme. ] [from old catalog] · New York, Sold in the United States only by Mills and Gibb; Paris, Printed by Cartier-Bresson · leaf 13
Fig. To work letters on plain articles this stitch is very suitable. Trace out the letter by working with white cotton, loose backstitches, then use red cotton for overcasting the back stitches.The stitches should be even and the needle should only pass oncein each back stitch without taking the… … Fig. io Following the outline work loose hack stitches; then with asecond needleful pass the needle in the nearest stitch going fromright to left, in the following stitch pass from left to right. Work this variety of stitch in two colours. If 3ou pass again the second needleful working the…
Embroidery
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