Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 40
stitch we can cover the distance in about halfthe time that back-stitching would take. Whenever you can avoid making a knot, do so,because it spoils the look of your work on the wrongside. You can start your work, if it is a seam, forexample, by making two or three stitches on top ofeach other.… … Fig. 13. Over-casting Over-casting is used on unfinished or cut edgesto keep them from fraying (Figure 13). The stitchesall slant from right to left. Take the stitches oneeighth of an inch deep and one quarter of an inchapart.
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