excellence of vegetable dyes, by fading ail together — most beautiful in age ! Stem Stitch. After feather stitch, which is called the basis of all mod- ern embroidery, comes stem stitch. As will be seen by the illustration, this is a long stitch forward on the surface of the material, and a shorter… … thread as you draw it out. When the point of the leaf is gained, reverse the operation by working down the left side toward the stalk again, keeping the needle to the right of the thread, instead of to the left, as in going up. This sup- plies the necessary serration to the edge. Work-in the two
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