_D._ _=Double Buttonhole Stitch.=_--A very pretty way of treating
narrow bars from one-half to three-quarters of an inch wide is to use
the double buttonhole stitch. Bring the needle up in the center of the
width of the bar the full length of the thread and take the regular
buttonhole stitch from this point over the upper line to a point a
little above the start; draw this stitch through. The point of the
needle in this case was directed _down_. Now put in the needle on the
lower line of the bar and send it _up_ to a point a little below the
start and a trifle to the right; keeping the thread to the right. Draw
the stitch through and proceed to make another from above like the
first, always keeping the thread to the right to form the loop. The
effect of this is that of a satin stitch on the top and bottom of the
bar with a braided line through the center. It is very effective and
pretty. The braid may be made wider by making the stitches shorter. See
Fig. VI _d_.
[Illustration: FIG. VI _e._