herringbone stitch
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Trim the edges of the patch smooth and herringbone stitch with ravelings around it.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by Idabelle McGlauflin
The feather-like branches are worked likewise in black silk in herringbone stitch.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Turn one fold three-eighths of an inch wide on the four sides of the large piece, baste and herringbone stitch the raw edge.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by Idabelle McGlauflin
One side of the herringbone stitch should come just over the raw edge of the flannel.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by Idabelle McGlauflin
Teach the herringbone stitch on the practice piece, and herringbone over the raw edges of the patch.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by Idabelle McGlauflin
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