As a genre, spy fiction is thematically related to the novel of adventure (The Prisoner of Zenda, 1894, The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1905), the thriller (such as the works of Edgar Wallace) and the politicoâmilitary thriller (The Schirmer Inheritance, 1953, The Quiet American, 1955).
Hems can be adjusted by hand stitching, by sewing with a machine, or by using hemming tape that is melted with a warm iron to glue the material together. This page explains how to hem using a sewing machine that can do blind stitching. Many sewing machines costing less than $100 Dollars have this capability. In addition to the sewing machine, you will need scissors, a seam ripper, thread matching the color of the material, a tape measure, an iron, and an ironing board.
Stitching Cross Stitch. The cross stitch is worked in horizontal rows from left to right. To make a cross stitch, bring the needle up at point 1, lower left hole of one square of the fabric and down at point 2, upper right hole of one square of the fabric.Bring your needle back up at 3 down at 4, up at 5 down at 6.Complete the row. Keep your tension on the stitches even while cross stitching the design. 2  Work the design area first and any plain background last. 3  Work the darker colors first, and the lighter colors last. 4  Sometimes you'll stitch only a few stitches in an area, than jump to another area with that same color floss.