School needlework; a book written for the beginner of any age and in any school (1922)
Hapgood, Olive C, Spooner, Ella Josephine · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and company · leaf 25
Fig. ii. Uneven basting stitches. Needle in position The direction of working is from right to left.Method of beginning. Begin with a knot. Use a knot andbackstitch if the basting is a preparation for fitting. ^/?^w//A\u.K#»tf\l#nw/A»W<^ … Fig. 12. Needle in position for beginning a line of uneven basting Method of finishing. Take three or four short stitches parallelor perpendicular to the last stitch and leave a half-inch endof thread. The appearance of even basting on the right side is an evenstitch and space, each about…
Sewing · Garment cutting
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