Our homes and their adornments, or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home, containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative-art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1883)
Varney, Almon C. (Almon Clother), b. 1849 · Detroit, Mich. : J.C. Chilton · leaf 261
Twisted Chain Stitch. Satin Stitch.—Our illustration of this stitch gives a very good idea of the way towork it. It is very pop-ular, and suitable forwork with flosses, em-broidery silks, zephyrs,and crewels. The de-sign is stamped on thegoods, and the wholefilled in well with silk orworsted,… … HERRING-BONE STl TCli. 235 Knot Stitck.—This stitchis useful in making the centerof flowers and the ends of sta-mens. The needle is broughtthrough, and the floss woundabout it one or more times,when it is again thrust throughthe material very near where itwas brought up.
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