A text-book of needlework, knitting and cutting out : with methods of teaching (1893)
Rosevear, Elizabeth · London : Macmillan · leaf 244
^ upon the right side of the gathers very finepiping cord, or very coarse crochet cotton, and with aneedle and very coarse flourishing thread, or silk, sew overthe cord or cotton, taking hold at the same time of thegathering cotton, and pointing the needle straight towardsthe chest, as in seaming.… … stronger. Biassing is very effective, if two or three rowsof gathers, at short distances from each other, are workedover (Fig. 122). Use of Biassing.—Biassing is used to strengthengathers, and to ornament them, on such garments as infantsrobes, and l)onnets, and short frocks, childrens…
Needlework · Knitting · Cutting (Of clothes)
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