Text-book on domestic art, with illustrations and drafts (1911)
Ingalls, Carrie Crane · San Francisco, Foster & ten Bosch · leaf 225
TEXT-BOOK ON worked in 2 different ways. When the stitches are caught on the vertical, they are called catch stitch or fish bone. When the stitches are caught on the horizontal, they are called cat stitch, and if each stitch joins the preceding one, it becomes the cross stitch. Both are worked from… … To make the catch stitch, turn sampler until the guide lines are horizontal. With thread on right side, of goods on lower line, make a slanting stitch to the top line, taking up 1/16 inch of goods on the vertical. Keep thread under the needle, so the upper thread crosses the under. Make another…
Sewing · Dressmaking · Embroidery
Internet Archive · University of California Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
