[Regia-NA] line of stitches

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=20Carolyn=20Priest-Dorman=20wrote:
>Yet=20just=20as=20documentable=20as=20the=20regular=20stitching.=20;>=20=20=
Skills=20varied=20then,=20
>just=20as=20they=20do=20now.
>The=20telltale=20look=20of=20sewing=20machine=20stitching=20is=20the=20co=
ntinuous=20line,=20not=20
>the=20fact=20that=20all=20the=20stitches=20are=20the=20same=20length.=20=20=
With=20the=20exception=20of=20
>leather=20stitching=20(done=20with=20two=20different=20threads),=20the=20=
kinds=20of=20stitches=20
>that=20were=20used=20then=20simply=20weren't=20constructed=20like=20and=20=
don't=20resemble=20
>machine=20stitching.

They=20certainly=20didn't,=20but=20some=20of=20the=20really=20nice=20even=20=
ones=20are=20hard=20for=20laymen=20to=20differentiate=20since=20they=20are=
=20so=20
even=20and=20uniform,=20of=20course=20there=20are=20real=20experts=20who=20=
can=20pick=20the=20difference=20simply=20by=20virtue=20of=20the=20type=20o=
f=20
stitch,=20machine=20and=20hand=20stich=20are=20not=20at=20all=20the=20same=
=20stitch=20and=20you=20would=20not=20fool=20them=20for=20a=20moment,=20bu=
t=20the=20
really=20high=20quality=20items=20look=20almost=20modern=20to=20the=20untr=
ained=20eye=20because=20they=20are=20so=20very=20even=20and=20uniform,=20s=
o=20
you=20do=20not=20need=20to=20make=20your=20handstitches=20all=20rough=20an=
d=20ready,=20hell=20I=20sew=20so=20bad=20I=20don't=20have=20to=20=20:-(=20=
=20=20they=20just=20
come=20out=20horrible=20no=20matter=20what=20I=20do,=20but=20some=20handst=
itching=20will=20fool=20the=20layman=20into=20thinking=20it=20is=20machine=
d.
So=20if=20in=20doubt=20ask=20an=20expert=20(=20That's=20Carolyn=20by=20the=
=20way=20not=20me=20:-)=20.=20)

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