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Tent stitch   /tɛnt stɪtʃ/   Listen
Tent stitch

noun
1.
A small diagonal needlepoint stitch.  Synonym: petit point.





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"Tent stitch" Quotes from Famous Books



... canvas, And dim is the silken thread, But I think of white hands dimpled, And a childish, sunny head; For here in cross and in tent stitch, In a wreath of berry and vine, She worked it a hundred years ago, "Elizabeth, ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey
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... deaths, and marriages among Upton people, was drawn across the outer door, which opened into a little garden at the back of the house. There was a miniature parlor behind the kitchen, filled with furniture worked in tent stitch by Ann Holland's mother, and carefully covered with white dimity; but it was only entered on most important occasions. Even Mr. Chantrey had never yet been invited into it; for any event short of a solemn crisis the kitchen was considered ...
— Brought Home • Hesba Stretton
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Words linked to "Tent stitch" :   sewing stitch, petit point, embroidery stitch


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