Art-needlework for decorative embroidery; by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Embroidery, Needlework
Publisher: Boston, S. W. Tilton & co.
Published: 1879-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

"Application" and "applied work" come nearest to the true signification, but are rather awkward to use. Applique work consists of a pattern cut out in one color or stuff, and laid on or applied to another.

Applique work may be executed in almost every material and for almost every purpose. It is probably the oldest kind of decorative needlework: it certainly is the most simple. Neatness and some degree of mechanical skill are all that are required in the manipulation of the materials. In this kind of ornamental work, even more than in the others, design and color are of higher importance than mere stitchery.

Cloth is one of the most satisfactory materials for applique work. It is easy to cut, and at the same time is very solid. It can be had in a great many different shades and colors. The pattern should be traced on it in the manner that has already been described, and cut out with a sharp pair of scissors, and gummed or pasted on to the stuff it is to ornament. When quite dry, it must be secured with fine sewing-silk of the same color, and afterwards worked over with purse or embroidery silk in buttonhole stitch in another shade or color. If an edging of cord is used, the button-hole stitch is not required. The cord is sewn down with fine sewing-silk of the same color. When the design is complicated, or in many colors, or it is to be executed in more precious stuff, a tracing should be made on the material it is laid upon, and the parts carefully numbered : they should fit together like a dissected map. In working with velvet, satin, or silk, holland should be stretched in a frame, the design drawn upon it, and the velvet, &c., pasted on the other side, and when dry cut as above directed. When several colors are used, pieces the size of the parts they are required for may be

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