. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ings are formed by layingthe same kind of threads upon the foundation, but over whipcord that hasbeen previously arranged upon it in a set design. The raised lines aresecured in the same manner as employed in flat couching. The names givento the different varieties of couchings are taken from the direction of the ii8 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. securing stitches, and are Basket, Battlemented, Brick, Broad, Dia;]onal,Diamond, Diaper, Plain, Shell, Spider, Vandyke, Wheel, Wavy. The man-ner of working them differs only in the patterns formed by the s
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ings are formed by layingthe same kind of threads upon the foundation, but over whipcord that hasbeen previously arranged upon it in a set design. The raised lines aresecured in the same manner as employed in flat couching. The names givento the different varieties of couchings are taken from the direction of the ii8 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. securing stitches, and are Basket, Battlemented, Brick, Broad, Dia;]onal,Diamond, Diaper, Plain, Shell, Spider, Vandyke, Wheel, Wavy. The man-ner of working them differs only in the patterns formed by the securingstitches and in the direction of the whipcord in the raised designs. The manner of working flat couching has been described, in Chapter V,therefore we will consider raised couching more particularly in this connec-tion. To work raised couchings, sew to the linen foundation a number ofstrands of whipcord, in straight or waved lines, or they may be formed intoa set pattern; over these lines of whipcord lay gold thread or several. strands of file floss. Secure this with a stitch brought from the back ofthe work and returned there, on each side of the raised part formed by thewhipcord that is underneath the gold thread or filo floss; work a continuousline of securing or couching stitches on each side of each strand of thewhipcord, so as to distinctly outline it. In the intervals between theseraised parts work couching stitches, up and down, as in flat couchings,forming them into any pattern desired, without reference to the raiseddesigns. When couching in various designs, hold the laid threads in onehand, and regulate them with that hand or with the piercer, and bring upthe couching stitches with the other hand, and do not change the hands CHURCH AND BULLION EMBROIDERIES. 119
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