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Title: How to work embroidery stitches; a practical method with 69 illustrations Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: [Cartier-Bresson, Mme. ] [from old catalog] Subjects: Embroidery Publisher: New York, Sold in the United States only by Mills and Gibb Paris, Printed by Cartier-Bresson Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: ^ V ■ ^.. : Ph Fig. 14 When the needle has been inserted in the place where thefrench knot is to be made, place the needle where the threadcomes out and by taking some of the material it is kept in place.Then put the left thumb under the point of the needle, twist thethread two or three times round the needle, then placing thethumb on the threads which have Just been twisted push theneedle and the rest of the needleful through the material. Pushthe knot with the nail of the right hand, then insert the needleclose to the stitch. This stitch is often worked without putting the needle throughthe material before twisting the thread. In this case it shouldbe held tightly with the left hand. The result is the sameliowever. Bullion knots

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 13 Bullion knots arc worked almost in the same way as frenchknots, the result being quite diiferent however. The illustration shows different kinds of this stitch. It isused to work rapidly small leaves or tiowers. To work a leaf put the needle in at one end of the leaf, thenbring it out at the other end, drawing it onh onehalf of its length. Put the left thumb on the eye of the needle while twistingthe thread round the needle with the right hand as often asrequired to cover the space which is to be trimmed. Put the left thumb on the twists to hold them well and pushthe needle and the rest of the needleful through them alwaysholding them in place. To work this stitch a real embroideryneedle should not be used, the eye being too wide could not passthrough the twists. The stitch should be twisted in the same direction as the twistof the working thread. To finish bring the point of the needle back to where it has beenput in at first. Chain Stitch

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