- DC 112/6
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- c1950s-1970s
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Red folder tied with blue string with a handwritten label saying ‘Embroidery Stitches’. It contains nine double-page spreads of samples of types of stitches and variations on them, with a list of the stiches shown on the facing page:
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Running stitch, Guilloche stitch and back stitch.
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Blanket stitch.
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Chain stitch.
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Herringbone stitch, chevron stitch, Cretan stitch, feather stitch and interlacing stitch.
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Roumanian stitch (sic), Roman stitch, Vandyke stich, loop stitch, leaf stitch, feather stitch and fishbone stitch.
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Darned stitch, plaited stitch, step stitch, sheaf stitch, Portuguese stitch, Chain band stitch and shell stitch.
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Fly stitch, Ermine stitch, Wheatear stitch, star stitch, and sheaf stitch.
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Tent stitch, rice stitch, Cross stitch, double stitch, and Florentine stitch .
Mackie, Mary