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 85
e, and when commencing the workand in finishing also, it should be neatly and tightly fastened. The next thing to be considered, and one which is of greatest im-portance in the work, is PLACING THE BRAID. In cut No. i thepattern traced, the mode of tacking on the braid, and the work inprocess, are… … Cut \ 1 I carefully folded over at the points in the pattern, and all the innerparts of the curves should be neatly whipped over and over, as iffor fine gathering, and then drawn up to the form of the curvewhich keeps the braid in place and serves as a part of the workwhen completed.
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