. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . iece of work and end at the other. Royal Cashmere.—A light cloth made for summercoating. It is both fine and narrow, and is composed ofSaxon wool in worsted weft. See Cashmere. Ruche.—A French term, employed in needlework todenote a particular style of decorative arrangement ofmaterial,
. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . iece of work and end at the other. Royal Cashmere.—A light cloth made for summercoating. It is both fine and narrow, and is composed ofSaxon wool in worsted weft. See Cashmere. Ruche.—A French term, employed in needlework todenote a particular style of decorative arrangement ofmaterial, both in dressmaking and millinery—a kind ofquilling; a plaited, or goffered strip of ribbon, net, lace, orother material, applied to a bodice, skirt, or these Ruchings there are four descriptions, viz., theFeather, Twisted, and Gathered Ruches, and that which isknown by two designations—the Fluted, or Ruche a laVieille (see Fig. 708). This latter is used as a dresstrimming, and resembles a single Box-plaited produce the desired effect, make a number of smallBox-plaits, leaving the respective distances between eachPlait and an equal amount of the Plaiting at the topand bottom of the Ruching loose beyond the respectivestitchings, so as to form a sort of Frilling above and. wz> Fig. 708. Euche 1 la Vieille. below; bind both the edges of the material. A half-inchis the common width of each Plaib, and this is the bestsize for Tarlatan, Muslin, and thin materials; but for Silkthe Ruche flutings should measure from | inch to 1 Tarlatan or Grenadine, turn the edge down, so as justto be past where the stitches confining the plaits will bemade; or snip out the raw edges in small points, Tackseveral strips together, and cut through all at once. Silkneeds a book muslin lining as wide as the Ruche whenmade, including the headings, but no wider, as the silkalone folds over the edges of the muslin, to the depthrequired for the headings, which shoul
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