The woman's book, dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 261
e dyes, by fading all together—most beautiful in age ! After feather-stitch, which is called the basis of all modern embroidery, comes stem-stitch. As willStem-stitch. . . , ... be seen by the illustration, this is a long stitch forward on the surface of the material, and a shorter Woman s… … Stem-Stitch. work upward until you reach thejunction of a leaf or some other inter-rupting point ; then take the needleunder to the other line and work back,continuing in this way until the stemis solid. Always work the stalk of aplant lengthwise ; it is a common errorto carry the lines across.…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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