Fig. 59. Antique hem-stitch. Wrong side.
Fig. 60. Antique hem-stitch. Right side.
Antique hem-stitch (figs. [61] and [62]).—These show, the right and wrong sides of the hem; here the rolled hem is prepared as above, but the stitches are worked from right to left, and the thread is carried round the little roll, so that, as shown in fig. [62], it is visible on both sides of the hem. The needle does not enter the stuff, but is carried back at once, from the outside, and put in again between two clusters of threads.
Fig. 61. Antique hem-stitch. Wrong side.
Fig. 62. Antique hem-stitch. Right side.
Slanting hem-stitch (figs. [63] and [64]).—Bring out your needle and thread, two or three threads above the edge of the turning, between the first and second of the three cross-threads that compose the cluster, and then slip it under the cluster, from right to left. The loop must lie in front of the needle. When you have drawn up the stitch, put the needle in, one thread further on, and take up two threads. Fig. [64] shows the stitch on the right side.
