Embroidery Stitches
By: by Vera Willis ... with 52 illustrations
Publisher: Methuen & Co.
Published: 1932
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Embroidery
First sentence: To become proficient in the craft of embroidery a complete and practical study must be made of the stiches in use.
Description: This book deals very fully with a large number of embroidery stitches and contains suggestions for the particular
purpose to which each stitch may best be adapted. The diagrams are very clear and are faced by a detailed descriptive text. Various methods of embroidery, such as darning on net, smocking, needle weaving, quilting and patchwork have been described and illustrated and are accompanied by suggestions for designs. This book will
be found extremely useful by both elementary and advanced workers and for use in schools.
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
label: I
class: chapter
title: INTRODUCTION-PATTERN DESIGNING-EMBROIDERY FRAMES -FINISH OF WORK-PUCKERING-MATERIALS; pagenum: 8
title: STITCHES - FLAT - LOOPED - CHAINED - KNOTTED - COMPOSITE - HERRINGBONE - INTERLACED - CANVAS - INSERTION
class: part
label: II; pagenum: 60
title: HEMSTITCHING AND DRAWN THREADWORK-NEEDLE WEAVING -DARNING
class: part
label: III; pagenum: 70
title: FILLINGS
class: part
label: IV; pagenum: 78
label: V
class: part
title: APPLIQUE; pagenum: 80
title: QUILTING AND PATCHWORK
class: part
label: VI; pagenum: 88
title: SMOCKS AND SMOCKING
class: part
label: VII; pagenum: 93
label: VIII
class: part
title: SIMPLE WEAVING ON CARD