Samplers and stitches : a handbook of the embroiderer's art (1921)
Christie, Grace · London : Batsford · leaf 194
r with colour and tone, form the chief at¬ traction of the work. The other is a finer kind of work, usually exe¬ cuted in split floss or similar thread, and it aims at a different effect FIG. 187. DARNING. from the other. In all darning work the stitch is alike. It is a running one which picks up… … FIG. l88. A DARNED BACK¬ woven texture in order that the separate threads GROUND. may be easily seen and picked up. Sometimes the lines of stitching are made to follow the outline of the design in the manner shown in figures 187 and 188. A quick way of darning a background is to place the lines of…
Samplers · Embroidery
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