1885

Wilene Smith Legacy Project

Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

Ornamental Stitches for Embroidery is a small, 4-3/8" x 4-1/4" unpaginated sixteen-page instructional and pattern pamphlet for crazy patchwork. Although the sixteen pages presented here does not identify a source, it was published by T. Edward Parker, Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1885. It was also distributed through numerous venues including Comfort magazine in Augusta, Maine, usually with the same contents and a revised title page. Included are instructions for making crazy patchwork, the outline stitch and the kensington stitch, information on using arrasene and chenille as materials, ribbon embroidery, and the plush or tufted stitch. The final segment discusses how to do kensington painting. There are eight full-page pattern or stitch illustrations and four insert illustrations of materials, patterns and stitching close-ups.

Embroidery