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Samplers and stitches : a handbook of the embroiderer's art (1921)

Christie, Grace · London : Batsford · leaf 140

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up again above it, on the left. Next a looped stitch is executed, similar to that the needle is work¬ ing in the diagram. The stitch thus com¬ pleted is worked successively over each bar in turn. Sometimes three Chain lines, instead of the one here seen, are worked down the band, and the one on… … stitch ; this is just below the second bar and FIG. 1 19. PORTUGUESE to the BORDER STITCH. left of the last completed stitch. Two similar stitches are now worked over the second and third bars together, and then the thread must be brought up in position to work the next two stitches. This process…

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