Manual of needleworkTeaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. . itches which are to cover them. After this is done, the stitchesshould be put in over and over, laying closely side by side, and thedefining line of the pattern very carefully followed. Small leavesshould be worked from the center outward and all leaves from theveining out toward the points. (Cut No. 3.) The veining should be thus marked by the work or the meetingof the satin stitches. Flowers are worked from the center outward,and each petal separately. SPOT STITCH I
Manual of needleworkTeaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries .. . itches which are to cover them. After this is done, the stitchesshould be put in over and over, laying closely side by side, and thedefining line of the pattern very carefully followed. Small leavesshould be worked from the center outward and all leaves from theveining out toward the points. (Cut No. 3.) The veining should be thus marked by the work or the meetingof the satin stitches. Flowers are worked from the center outward,and each petal separately. SPOT STITCH Is merely a short back stitch, and is used sometimes in filling inparts of leaves, to give variety to the work. Larger dots are runround with cotton, and after being filled in, by passing the cottonacross the circle two or three times, the stitches are then worked inthe opposite direction, one laying closely by the side of the other,as in satin stitch. OPEN WORK EMBROIDERY OR EYELET HOLES. The design is first stamped, and then the lines are all run roundwith cotton or floss. If a leaf, it is then slashed with the scissors,. and the material drawn or tucked under, or back, to where the leafis defined, then carefully sewed over and over, the stitches beingclose together. If an eyelet only is to be made, a stilletto piercedthrough the material will be all that is necessary, working over andover, as before stated. Be careful that the needle is brought upeach time just where the eyelet or leaf is defined, as the evennessof the work depends wholly on this. (Cut No. 4.) MANUAL OF NEEDLEWORK, WHEEL STITCH. Sometimes a wheel is used to give variety to work. It is firstrun round, then carefully cut out with a pair of fine scissors, donot cut to the extreme size you wish to make your wheel, but leavea little margin to turn back under, to make the work firm. Thespace is now filled in evenly with long threads passing back andforth from side to side, and knotted in the center. The edge of
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