lighter rose-leaf pink. Upon this ground stray lovely flowers, wrought in the same hues. The appliques are connected by a fine woven effect in crewels, like the "stock- ing texture " adopted by old Flemish, Italian and German embroiderers. COUCHING, OR LAID EMBROIDERY. Akin to darning stitch is… … Outline Couching. The simplest form of this stitch is outline couching, which will be found most valuable to the embroiderers for applique or for coarse outline work in large patterns. As may be seen in the illustration, this is simply a thick strand of double crewels laid down and stitched at…
Embroidery · Decoration and ornament
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