CONTENTS

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Grace Christie
  • PAGE
  • Editor's Preface xi
  • Author's Preface xvii
  • PART I
  • EMBROIDERY
  • CHAPTER I
  • Introduction 27
  • CHAPTER II
  • TOOLS, APPLIANCES, AND MATERIALS
  • Needles—Scissors—Thimbles—Frames—Stand and Frame combined—Tambour Frame—Cord-making Appliance—Requisites for Transferring Patterns—Pricker—Knife—Spindle—Piercer—Materials suitable for Embroidering upon—Threads of all Kinds—Stones, Beads, &c. 34
  • CHAPTER III
  • PATTERN DESIGNING
  • The Difficulties of Pattern Making—A Stock-in-Trade—Some Principles upon which Patterns are Built Up—Spacing-Out—Nature and Convention—Shading—Figure Work—Limitations—Colour 51
  • CHAPTER IV
  • STITCHES
  • Introduction—Chain Stitch—Zigzag Chain—Chequered Chain—Twisted Chain—Open Chain—Braid Stitch—Cable Chain—Knotted Chain—Split Stitch 75
  • CHAPTER V
  • STITCHES—(continued)
  • Satin Stitch—Long and Short Stitch—Stem Stitch—Overcast Stitch—Back Stitch—Buttonhole Stitch—Tailor's Buttonhole—Fancy Buttonhole Edgings—Flower in Open Buttonhole Stitch—Leaf in Close Buttonhole Stitches—Petal in Solid Buttonholing 95
  • CHAPTER VI
  • STITCHES—(continued)
  • Knots and Knot Stitches—Herring-bone Stitch—Feather Stitch—Basket Stitch—Fishbone Stitch—Cretan Stitch—Roumanian Stitch—Various Insertion Stitches—Picots 118
  • CHAPTER VII
  • CANVAS WORK AND STITCHES
  • Introduction—Samplers—Petit Point Pictures—Cross Stitch—Tent Stitch—Gobelin Stitch—Irish Stitch—Plait Stitch—Two-sided Italian Stitch—Holbein Stitch—Rococo Stitch 147
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • METHODS OF WORK
  • Couching—Braid Work—Laid Work—Applied Work—Inlaid Work—Patch Work 164
  • CHAPTER IX
  • METHODS OF WORK—(continued)
  • Quilting—Raised Work—Darning—Open Fillings—Darned Netting 189
  • CHAPTER X
  • Methods of work—(continued)
  • Drawn Thread Work—Hem Stitching—Simple Border Patterns—Darned Thread Patterns—Corners—Cut or Open Work—Various Methods of Refilling the Open Spaces 213
  • CHAPTER XI
  • EMBROIDERY WITH GOLD AND SILVER THREADS
  • Introduction—Materials—Precautions for the Prevention of Tarnish—Ancient Method of Couching—Its various Good Points—Description of Working Diagram—Working a Raised Bar—Examples of Patterns Employed in Old Work—Illustrations upon Draped Figures—Usual Method of Couching—Couching Patterns—Outline Work—Raised Work—The Use of Purls, Bullions, &c. 229
  • CHAPTER XII
  • LETTERING, HERALDRY, AND EMBLEMS
  • The Uses of Lettering—Marking—Monograms—Heraldry—Emblems 259
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • THE GARNITURE OF WORK
  • Finishing off—Making up—Edges—Use of Cord-making Appliance—Cord Twisted by Hand—Knotted Cord—Fringes—Tassels—Knots 271
  • CHAPTER XIV
  • PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS
  • Transferring Patterns—Paste for Embroidery Purposes—Protection and Preservation of Work—Washing Embroidery—Prevention and Cure of Puckered Work—Points about the Thread—Dressing the Frame 292
  • PART II
  • TAPESTRY WEAVING

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