. The standard domestic science cook book. a variation of the Top sewing. It may be made fromright to left or left to right, but it is easier to keep the threadseven if made from left to right. Over-casting consists in takingslanting loose stitches over the raw edge of cloth. The depthdepends upon the material, usually an eighth of an inch is stiches should be twice as far apart as they are deep, the slantbeing about 45 degrees. Do not use a knot but leave an end overwhich the first few stitches can be taken to fasten. Blanket-stitch, also called the Embroidery button-hole stitch,ha
. The standard domestic science cook book. a variation of the Top sewing. It may be made fromright to left or left to right, but it is easier to keep the threadseven if made from left to right. Over-casting consists in takingslanting loose stitches over the raw edge of cloth. The depthdepends upon the material, usually an eighth of an inch is stiches should be twice as far apart as they are deep, the slantbeing about 45 degrees. Do not use a knot but leave an end overwhich the first few stitches can be taken to fasten. Blanket-stitch, also called the Embroidery button-hole stitch,has many variations and is made from left to right. One varietyis used in place of an overcast to protect raw edges of easily made pretty and even, than the overcast. Cat-stitch, also called herring-bone, is used on flannel seamsand patches to hold down and protect an edge where it is turnedonly once. It is made from bottom to top, always taking thestitch, by pointing the needle toward the sewer and working out- DEPARTMENT 33 473. Even Feather Stitcb. ward, alternating from left to right of a given or imaginaryline. Feather-stitch or Briar-stitch.—Begin thestitches at the top and always work toward theworker; there are many varieties, single,double, and triple, and are used in many placesfor decoration, but only as a finish on hemsand seams in flannel. In the feather-stitch theneedle may lie parallel with the thread or slant-ingly with it, for style and variety. SEAMS: A seam is a line of stitching thatjoins two pieces of cloth. There are severalkinds, namely: plain, pressed, French, felled,lapped or hemmed, the slot-seam, and the flannelseams—^plain and Dorothy. Plain seam is made by sewing two edges together and over-casting them. Pressed seam is a plain seam pressed open, having both edgesprotected by overcasting. French Seam.—A French seam is first sev/ed on the right sideas near the raw edge as possible. Then trimmed evenly andturned on the wrong side and se
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