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Updated: May 3, 2025

Instance B, however, is worked in the hand, and D in a frame from which very fact it follows that the worker is naturally disposed to regard B as akin to crewel-stitch and D to satin-stitch, between which two stitches "dovetail" may be regarded as the connecting link. The petals at B are worked in the method illustrated in the diagram overleaf.

Mary Buckle - Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery