. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. FIG. 9. EMBROIDERY STITCHES. 29. Fig. II. chain stitch is made in the same manner as single chain only the thread istwisted by the needle being inserted in a slanting direction. Variations of single and double chain stitches are shown in figures 9and II. The loops that form the chain in figure 11 are not made in a directPr~J^7~T^ line, but slant, first to the right and then to the left. Figure10 shows a chain stitch in the center, with loops to the rightand left. The center of this stitch is made according todirections given for chain outline, and the side
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. FIG. 9. EMBROIDERY STITCHES. 29. Fig. II. chain stitch is made in the same manner as single chain only the thread istwisted by the needle being inserted in a slanting direction. Variations of single and double chain stitches are shown in figures 9and II. The loops that form the chain in figure 11 are not made in a directPr~J^7~T^ line, but slant, first to the right and then to the left. Figure10 shows a chain stitch in the center, with loops to the rightand left. The center of this stitch is made according todirections given for chain outline, and the side loops aretaken from right to left. These varieties are used to finishhems, join borders and as fancy joining stitches for rugs andcrazy quilts. In beginning the stalk of a flower, when the work is to besolid outline stitch, begin at the lower end of stalk and workupward and away from you,—see figure 8— until the junctionof a leaf or some other interrupting point is met; then takethe needle under to the other line and work back, continuingin this way until the s
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