PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Errata.

EMBROIDERY AND STITCHING.

CANVAS STITCHES.

CREWEL-STITCH.

CHAIN-STITCH.

HERRING-BONE STITCH.

BUTTONHOLE-STITCH.

FEATHER AND ORIENTAL STITCHES.

ROPE AND KNOT STITCHES.

INTERLACINGS, SURFACE STITCHES, AND DIAPERS.

SATIN-STITCH AND ITS OFFSHOOTS.

DARNING.

LAID-WORK.

COUCHING

COUCHED GOLD.

APPLIQUE.

INLAY, MOSAIC, CUT-WORK.

EMBROIDERY IN RELIEF.

RAISED GOLD.

QUILTING.

STITCH GROUPS.

ONE STITCH, OR MANY?

OUTLINE.

SHADING.

FIGURE EMBROIDERY.

THE DIRECTION OF THE STITCH.

CHURCH WORK.

A PLEA FOR SIMPLICITY.

EMBROIDERY DESIGN.

EMBROIDERY MATERIALS.

A WORD TO THE WORKER.

INDEX.

A LIST OF STANDARD BOOKS ON ORNAMENT and DECORATION, INCLUDING

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