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[Illustration: 77.--Raised Satin Stitch.]

[Illustration: 78.--Point de Plume.]
ILLUSTRATION 78 shows the so-called _point de plume_ on a scalloped
leaf. It is worked like the satin stitch, only the needle is drawn
through the material in a slanting direction.

[Illustration: 79.--Point de Minute.]
ILLUSTRATION 79 (_Point de Minute_).--This stitch is often used instead
of satin stitch when the patterns must appear raised. Wind the cotton
several times round the point of the needle, which is inserted into the
material half its length (the number of times the cotton is to be wound
round the needle depends on the length of the pattern), hold fast the
windings with the thumb of the left hand, draw the needle and the cotton
through the windings, insert the needle into the material at the same
place, and draw it out at the place where the next stitch is to begin.

[Illustration: 80.--Ladder Stitch.]
[Illustration: 81.--Ladder Stitch.]
ILLUSTRATIONS 80 & 81 show the _ladder stitch_, often used in ornamental
embroidery.


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