The Priscilla smocking book, a collection of beautiful and useful patterns, with directions for working . urved Lines »F Smocking Done onR Row DoillLE; OF THE Inner RowSe 18. into points, asshown, of fonr-tfcn full Van-dyke stitches. Any numberof stitches canlie used thatare liked. Thisstitch coversthe work witha lacelike ef-fect, and mustnot be workedtoo tightly. Thestitch is not aselastic as others;but it is of greatbeauty, the rich-est point in smock-ing. Its slow exe-c u t i o n detersworkers from usingit generally, yet thefinest quality of workfrequently shows thisbeautiful point.
The Priscilla smocking book, a collection of beautiful and useful patterns, with directions for working . urved Lines »F Smocking Done onR Row DoillLE; OF THE Inner RowSe 18. into points, asshown, of fonr-tfcn full Van-dyke stitches. Any numberof stitches canlie used thatare liked. Thisstitch coversthe work witha lacelike ef-fect, and mustnot be workedtoo tightly. Thestitch is not aselastic as others;but it is of greatbeauty, the rich-est point in smock-ing. Its slow exe-c u t i o n detersworkers from usingit generally, yet thefinest quality of workfrequently shows thisbeautiful point. Honeycomb Smocking. —Tins is undoubtedly the first form of the smocking stitch, and is the stitch most frequently seen on womens dresses and coats, and to a considerable extent on childrens garments. For a very handsome illustration, see Fig. 31. There are several different methods of preparing material for honeycomb smocking, and all ways lead to the same result. Material marked with dots, as Iig. 7, may be shirred or not, as preferred, for it is perfectly feasible to work the stitch on the dots without shirring. Begin work on second row of dots at upper right- \ hand sid
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