[h-cost] Arrowhead Reinforcement

2006-04-15 Thread M+D: Mary and Doug Piero Carey
There are clear diagrams and instructions for arrowheads in these: The New Butterick Dressmaker by Jacques Worth, Butterick Publishing Co. 1927 on pages 204-5 Sewing Made Easy by Mary Lynch & Dorothy Sara Garden City Books 1950, 1952 & 1960 page 247 Almost every sewing book that I've see

RE: [h-cost] Arrowhead Reinforcement?

2006-04-13 Thread otsisto
I only know of two types that have been call "Arrowhead". One is embroidery in which you embroider a triangle shape at the top of the slit uses either split stitch, darning stitch or a stitch that I can't remember what its called. The other method was taking triangular piece of the same material a

[h-cost] Arrowhead Reinforcement?

2006-04-13 Thread Cynthia Schrage
Dear All, Long time, no write. Sorry. I'm looking for information on how to make something I think is called Arrowhead Reinforcement. It's a finishing technique where the top of a slit (usually on shirt tails, I think) is reinforced at the end by a hand stitched arrowhead style design. Does any