Decorative drawn-thread stitch used to embellish hems and seams.
A stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups.
1 And Pearl did not hesitate to call on Miss Hetty to show her how to hemstitch a handkerchief for Robert Grey.
2 We hemstitched all the tablecloths and pillow-cases, and some of the sheets.
3 He took from his pocket a handkerchief of sheerest linen, delicately hemstitched .
4 Five to ten dozen finest quality hemstitched and monogrammed but otherwise plain, towels.
5 But speak-to-me-only-with-thine-eyes isn't a really reliable reason for embroidering doilies and hemstitching tablecloths.
6 Cool matting covered the painted floor, hemstitched curtains of linen scrim hung at the windows.
7 There's hemstitching and fagoting, but I don't know as it's any less work than ruffling.
8 Many women wear narrow lawn turn-over collars and cuffs; they are hemstitched , with no other decoration.
9 Hemstitching . - When hemstitching wears out, take serpentine braid and stitch it across twice on the sewing machine.
10 One or two were hemstitching lawn, or embroidering a monogram, or something else equally useless or virtuous.
11 Then they hemstitched handkerchiefs, they marked towels and napkins with ornate letters, and really were a busy lot.
12 Peggy heaved a mighty sigh as she worked her needle in and out of the handkerchief she was hemstitching .
13 The hare that Don Hemstitch Blodoza's poniard would have severed limped awkwardly but confidently about, saying, "Saved!"
14 She had spread a fine hemstitched cloth on the table, which she was dressing as if for a grand party.
15 Bettina, still hemstitching on white frills, welcomed Justin with a charming smile, but with a decided negative to his invitation.
16 In the event of the purchaser deciding to use it as a pocket-handkerchief he can have it hemstitched for a trifling sum.
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