Identifier: dictionaryofnee04caul (find matches)
Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911 Saward, Blanche C
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: London : A.W. Cowan
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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nament, the four outside circles, and the twolines at the outside of the square; the second shade toform the conventional sprays that fill in the four circles; THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 375 and the lightest shade for the vest of the design. Theposition of these colours is shown in the illustration bythe different shading of the lines. Form the fancy stitchthat fills in the curves left by the rounds with a seriesof square lines covered with Point de Marque, andwork them in the darkest shade of red. Outline Stitch.—See Embroidery Stitches. Ouvrage.—The French term for Work. the dress material, and two of the lining—are stitchedtogether on the inside, leaving a projecting edge. Tbedarts of the bodice, and the seams of the sleeves, from theshoulder to the wrist, are Over-cast. Insert the Needleabout halfway between the Running and the raw edge,from the far side of the ridge, pointing inwards; and,beginning from the left, work to the right, taking thestitches rather widely apart.
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Fig. 643. OUTLINE EMBROIDERY. Ouvroir Musselman.—See Arabian Embroidery. Ovals.—See Guipure dArt. Over-casting.—A method of plain sewing of as slighta character as Tacking. It is employed for the purposeof preventing the ravelling-out of raw edges of material,which have been either Stitched or Run together, suchas the seams of skirts and the edges of the sleevesand armholes of a bodice, when the four edges—two of Over-cast Stitch.—See Embroidery Stitches. Over-hand Knot.—See Knots. Over-sewing.—A method of Plain-sewing, otherwiseknown as Seaming, or Top-sewing, and executed some-what after the manner of Over-casting. But thegreat difference between Over-sewing and Over-castin isthat the former is closely and finely executed for theuniting of two selvedges or folds of material, and the 376 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. latter is very loosely done, and only for the purpose ofkeeping raw edges from ravelling out. Place the twoselvedges side by side, insert the needle at the

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