Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 208
e of the petal, when thelong and short stitches are completed, should beirregular (Figure 151). The Kensington stitch gets its name from anEnglish school of embroidery. It is more like out-lining than any other stitch. After the edge of the flower has been worked inlong and short stitch, the… … Fig. 152. The Kensington stitch NEEDLECRAFT 179 ton stitch will have to be worked to fill it in. Ifsilk is desired, two strands are used for the edgeand one strand for theKensington stitch. Thestitches are dovetailed in-to each other. Each rowmust have an irregularlower edge, else they willlook…
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