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Buttonholed Bar

Schematic drawing of the buttonholed bar. Schematic drawing of the buttonholed bar.

A buttonhole(d) bar is stitched between two areas of woven cloth, made after a section (or group) of the ground threads are removed (as happens in drawn thread work and cutwork).

The foundation of a buttonholed bar is made up of three or more threads from the worked area of the ground material. Over these threads is worked the ordinary buttonhole stitch. If a single row of buttonhole stitches is used, then the stitches need to lie closely together. If a double row of buttonhole stitches is used, then the first row is worked with the stitches placed with a gap in between each stitch, then a second row of buttonhole stitches is fitted into the spaces left in the first row. This technique is especially associated with Italian cutwork.

See also: overcast bar.

Source: THOMAS, Mary (1934). Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 7.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 3 June 2016)

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Last modified on Tuesday, 14 March 2017 21:16