Curreri had used a zigzag chain stitch until one snagged at a 1986 Boston City Hall event; now she uses a straight base stitch.
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Chain stitch is an ancient craft examples of surviving thread have been dated to the Warring States period ( 5th 3rd century BC ).
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Cohn's designs brought the already-flamboyant western style to a new level of ostentation with the liberal use of rhinestones and themed images in chain stitch embroidery.
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The hangings are worked mainly in tent stitch in silk and wool on a linen canvas ground, there are some areas of applique with chain stitch.
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Even for the uninitiated, it is dazzling, because each piece is worked in a variety of techniques, including embroidery, purling, chain stitch, knotting, couching and crewelwork.
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Chain stitch, which is adaptable and relatively easy to create, was used in Persia for Resht embroidery, with densely worked flowers and arabesques on felted woollen cloths.
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A type of embroidery similar to heavy chain stitch, known as " kurar ", was previously used by Bedouin to create dresses for both men and women.
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In Japan, traditional clothing was sewn together with loose chain stitches that were removed so that the clothing could be taken apart and the assorted pieces laundered separately.
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James Edward Allen Gibbs ( 1829 1902 ), a farmer from Raphine in Rockbridge County, Virginia patented the first chain stitch single-thread sewing machine on June 2, 1857.
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Of a typical garment factory's sewing machines, half might be lockstitch machines and the other half divided between overlock machines, chain stitch machines, and various other specialized machines.
