Excerpt from The Dictionary of Needlework, Vol. 2: An Encyclopaedia of Artistic, Plain, and Fancy Needlework; Cre to Emb Always work stems in Crewel Stitch and in upright lines; Figs. 174, 175 illustrate two ways of making stems that should be avoided, but which are constantly seen in badly worked embroidery. The rounded appearance given to them by the direction of the stitches serves to raise them from their backgrounds, and gives, instead of the decorative fiat design that is desired, one in relief. Stems should be ...
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Excerpt from The Dictionary of Needlework, Vol. 2: An Encyclopaedia of Artistic, Plain, and Fancy Needlework; Cre to Emb Always work stems in Crewel Stitch and in upright lines; Figs. 174, 175 illustrate two ways of making stems that should be avoided, but which are constantly seen in badly worked embroidery. The rounded appearance given to them by the direction of the stitches serves to raise them from their backgrounds, and gives, instead of the decorative fiat design that is desired, one in relief. Stems should be simply worked up and down in Crewel Stitch in the manner shown in Fig. 172. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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