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id: 18971
author: Fitzwilliam, Ada Wentworth
title: Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings, Including Late Tudor
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sentence: 312
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  The leaves, Example I & II, satin stitch with stem stitch outline both sides, centre veinings in stem stitch, turnover in leaf, II, in block stitch. The brown veining which occurs in I and in nearly all the leaves was most effective; in this plate is also shown a good example of basket stitch stem work.


id: 41717
author: Huish, Marcus B. (Marcus Bourne)
title: Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries Second Edition
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sentence: 1842
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  There are seven girls now in the school working samplers to be framed. Figs. 35, 36 Stem-stitch, 150 Stitchery of tapestry pictures, 143; of samplers, 161 Stitches, background, 144; cushion, 144; tent, 144; Gobelin, 145; upright, 145; Florentine, 145; Hungary, 145; satin, 146; open, 146; buttonhole, 146; eyelet, 149 (Fig. 63); split, 152 (Figs. 65, 66); stem, 150; knot, 151; looped, 152; plush, 153; purl, 153; passing, 154; lace, sampler stitches, 154; hollie point, 157 (Fig. 61); cut and drawn-work, 161; back-stitch, 163 (Fig. 75); alphabet-stitch, 164; darning-stitch, 165 (Plate XXIV.


id: 28269
author: Buckle, Mary
title: Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery
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words: 47343
sentence: 2584
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  Of line stitches, for example, some are best suited for straight lines, others for curved; some for broad lines, others for narrow; some for even lines, others for unequal; some for outlining, others for veining. Embroidery, it has been shown, is much of it on the surface of the stuff, not just needle stitches, but the stitching-on of something--cord, gold thread, or whatever it may be.


id: 20386
author: Christie, Grace
title: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
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sentence: 2158
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  Loosely woven linens can be obtained specially suitable for drawn thread work. DRAWN THREAD WORK In drawn work the question is how to treat the remaining warp threads after the weft has been withdrawn.


id: 16605
author: Unknown
title: The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc.
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words: 74163
sentence: 2768
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  6th: 9 l., 5 ch., miss 1 loop, 9 l., * 5 ch., d.c. into 4th loop, 7 ch., 9 l., the 1st into 3rd loop from d.c. stitch in last row, repeat from *. 7th: 12 l., 5 ch., miss 1 loop, 12 l., * 5 ch., 1 l. into centre loop of 5 ch., 9 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop of the 7 ch., from d.c. stitch in last row, 5 ch., 3 d.c. Having finished one round, see whether a s.c., d.c., or t.c. stitch begins the next; for s.c. make one chain, for d.c. three, for t.c. four; slip the needle out, and twist the chain, then continue working.


