CHAPTER XXIII 
 
 
             DECORATION: EMBROIDERY 
   Outline stitch (Fig. 235), is worked from left to right along 
the line to be followed. 
   Bring the needle out at the left-hand end of line, let the thread 
drop below line, take a stitch from right to left on the line, one-half 
the length of stitch to be used, bringing needle out in same hole, 
where thread came out last, and take up next stitch, one-half length 
beyond, and bring needle out in same hole with end of preceding 
stitch, continue in this way, making a -long stitch on the right side 
and a short one on the wrong side, and allowing thread to drop 
 
 
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time. The right 
and wrong sides of 
this stitch are the 
reverse of the right 
and wrong sides of 
backstitch used in 
plain sewing. 
  Chain Stitch 
(Fig. 236), is 
worked toward one. 
 
 
              FiG. 235.-Outline stitch,     bring the n e e d 1 e 
up at the end of the line, let thread hang naturally, or hold in place 
with the left thumb, put the needle back in the same hole it just 
came through, and bring it out a short distance in advance, and over 
the thread which thus is held down in the form of a loop; each stitch 
is made in the same way, one end of it coming out through the 
preceding stitch, and the other end held down by the next stitch. 
   Lazy daisy stitch (Fig. 237), is a very simple and easy way to 
work the petals of tiny flowers as small daisies or forget-me-nots. 
One lazy daisy stitch makes each petal. 
   To work: Bring the needle up at the inner end of petal near the 
center of the flower, hold the thread under the left thumb, put the 
needle in exactly beside the hole it just came through and bring it 
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