. 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 . EDLEWORK. 469 We also find an allusion to this stuff made by Shake-speare : Beauties no richer than rich Taffata ; and again— Taffata phrasea, silken terms precise, Three-pild hyperboles. —Loves Labour Lost. An imitation of Taffeta was made in the sixteenthcentury, composed of linen. Ac
. 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 . EDLEWORK. 469 We also find an allusion to this stuff made by Shake-speare : Beauties no richer than rich Taffata ; and again— Taffata phrasea, silken terms precise, Three-pild hyperboles. —Loves Labour Lost. An imitation of Taffeta was made in the sixteenthcentury, composed of linen. According to Planche, silkTaffeta was called Tafta in Brittany. Taille.—A French term denoting the waist or figure. Tailors Buttonholes.—These Buttonholes are madeafter the ordinary method adopted in Plain Sewing, butprecede the usual work by laying a piece of fine blackcord all round the hole, exactly at its raw edge, and thereBaste or Overcast, to keep it in the right position whilethe Buttonhole Stitch is performed over it. See Button-hole Stitch and the accompanying illustration, Fig. 749. thread, but leaving a loop at every stitch, instead ofdrawing it tight. Continue so doing through every loop,round and round, till the hole be filled. Another variety of this stitch will be seen in Fig. 751,. Fig. 751. Decokative Buttonhole Stitch. as applied to decorative trimmings. The chain, orlinked portion of the stitch is made round the outer
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