Fig. II a.
Simple Satin Stitch.
B. French Laid Work. The French white or laid embroidery is an especial application of the satin stitch. It is the method of initialing and is done in the Corticelli EE Twisted Embroidery Silk and Corticelli Etching Silk with best effect. It is also the form of work for covering cartoons in church embroidery. The stitches may be taken from side to side at any angle so that they are kept parallel to each other.
III. Couching Stitches.
Fig. III a.
Simple Couching Stitch.
A. Simple Couching Stitch.—As methods of work, appliqué and couching are of great importance and possibility and through them a large variety of stitches are employed. Designs cut out of fabrics are applied to ground fabrics by couching. The simple stitch taken at right angles over cords is the one most commonly used, as shown in Fig. III a. This and other couching may be used independently or on the edges of applied forms.
Fig. III b.