Materials: Crimson velvet; white satin beads; gold soutache; and fine
gold bouillon.
No. 176 shows the letter case when completed in a reduced size, No. 177
the principal part of the embroidered pattern in full size.
The letter case is composed of two parts. The larger part is 11 inches
long, 8 inches wide; it is ornamented on the upper part with a pattern
in gold soutache, and the word LETTERS or LETTRES embroidered in gold
bouillon; underneath there is a pattern embroidered in oval white satin
beads, edged round with fine white chenille; the scroll pattern is
embroidered in gold bouillon.
The second part is placed over the lower part of the first, and forms
the pocket which contains the letters. The centre flower is composed of
11 oval beads, edged round with white chenille; another white bead is
placed in the centre, and edged with gold bouillon. The other flowers
are also composed of white satin beads, edged with gold bouillon.
[Illustration: 176.--Hanging Letter Case.]
[Illustration: 177.--Pattern for Embroidered Letter Case.]
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178.--_Embroidered Edging_.
Materials: Muslin; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s embroidery cotton No.
24
[Illustration: 178.--Embroidered Edging.]
This edging is worked in broderie Anglaise or overcast stitch; the edge
in scallop button-hole stitch; the ovals and dots in raised satin
stitch. The stems are worked in slanting overcast stitch (No. 122,
_Embroidery Instructions_).
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179.--_Border in Oriental Embroidery_.
Materials: Purse silk of the following shades:--dark red, bright red, 2
shades of green, 2 of blue, 2 of yellow violet.
[Illustration: 179.--Border in Oriental Embroidery.]
The four ovals placed together are worked of four contrasting colours.
These ovals are composed of two rows of chain stitch. The outer row of
the first oval is dark red, and the inner one bright red. Following the
same arrangement, the second oval is of two shades of green; the third
of two shades of blue; and the fourth of two shades of yellow. The
knotted stitch in the centre is violet. The dots outside the ovals are
worked in satin stitch, and are alternately red, yellow, violet, and
blue. The stems are long stitches of black silk. The arabesque patterns
between those formed of four ovals are worked in chain stitch with silk
of two shades of brown. The colours of the ovals may be varied as much
as you please, but the brown shades of the arabesque patterns should
remain the same for the whole of the border.
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