How to work embroidery stitches; a practical method with 69 illustrations . ^ being carefulnot to pucker the material. All the stitches in real buttonholing arc worked alike, ver\evenly and as close to each other as possible. The design shows various buttonholing more or less spacedand of different heights. They are used then as an are fancy stitches. They are worked in the same way burset further apart. Double back Stitch j5??^^ Fig. 13 It is simply worked by making two back stitches in the sameholes, the needle passing the same way twice. Double back Stitch with French knots i.


How to work embroidery stitches; a practical method with 69 illustrations . ^ being carefulnot to pucker the material. All the stitches in real buttonholing arc worked alike, ver\evenly and as close to each other as possible. The design shows various buttonholing more or less spacedand of different heights. They are used then as an are fancy stitches. They are worked in the same way burset further apart. Double back Stitch j5??^^ Fig. 13 It is simply worked by making two back stitches in the sameholes, the needle passing the same way twice. Double back Stitch with French knots i. ^ V ? ^.. : Ph Fig. 14 When the needle has been inserted in the place where thefrench knot is to be made, place the needle where the threadcomes out and by taking some of the material it is kept in put the left thumb under the point of the needle, twist thethread two or three times round the needle, then placing thethumb on the threads which have Just been twisted push theneedle and the rest of the needleful through the material. Pushthe knot with the nail of the right hand, then insert the needleclose to the stitch. This stitch is often worked without putting the needle throughthe material before twisting the thread. In this case it shouldbe held tightly with the left hand. The result is the sameliowever. Bullion knots


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