Manual of needlework. Teaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. (1883)
Patten, Joseph L., Mrs · New York, Patten Publishing Co. · leaf 24
nd much more rapidly done than thecrewel work, although much the same stitch is required, cording orstem-stitch being about the best stitch to use, with this difference,that the stitch should be about a quarter of an inch on the surfaceof the material, and a much shorter stitch used underneath,… … Cut X.i. 2; or plush, it is sewed upon the surface without being drawn through.A chenile or rug needle should be used, with an eye large enoughto let the thread pass through without displacing the fibre, and alsothat the fibre should not be injured in passing through the material. It is not…
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