COLORED PLATE X.

_Materials_--22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each 615,

692.8, 781, 782; 1 skein each 506, 661, 662, 663, 780, 783, 784.

Corticelli Persian Floss, 6 skeins 615. Smaller sizes take less

silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 18 and 22

inch sizes. See page 92.

[Illustration: EASTER LILY DESIGN NO. 605 D.]

Border.--Work in buttonhole stitch with Corticelli Persian Floss, 615.

Flowers.--Work solid, beginning the edge of the petals with Corticelli

Filo Silk, White, 615, shading into it Green, 692.8, 661, 662, using

663 for the center. Work six or seven stamens in 781, putting three

small stitches of Yellow, 506, at the end of each to form the top or

head. Work the point of the buds with Green, 692.8, shading darker with

661, 662, 663, to the stem. See Colored Plate X.

Leaves.--Work solid, with Green, 781, for points, and shading gradually

darker with 782, 783, and 784 to the stem. The leaf is worked straight

from the point without veins. Use Green, 782, for the stems. When well

done the shading in this design is very delicate. (Not Difficult.)

_Orchid Design No. 605 F._

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