_Materials_--22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each 725,
726, 781, 782; 1 skein each 650, 651, 652, 676, 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: ORCHID DESIGN NO. 605 F.]
Border.--Work the scallop in buttonhole stitch with Corticelli Persian
Floss, White, 615.
Flowers.--Make a few stitches at the middle of the point of each petal
with Corticelli Filo Silk, Purple, 676, shading toward the bottom of
the petal with 652, 651, 650, 726, 725. Begin back edge, or lip, of cup
with 651, shading darker toward the center with 652, 676. Do the front
lip in similar manner, but use 650 for the edge and 651 to shade toward
the center. Under the lip make the shadow with 676. From the center of
the cup make a pistil in Green, 781. Careful study of Colored Plate XI
will show the proper shading and correct direction of the stitches.
Leaves.--Work solid, using 780 for the point and shading gradually
darker with 781, 782, 783, 784. Work the stems near the flower, with
783, shading darker with 784 toward the base of stem. (Somewhat
Difficult.)
[Illustration: CORTICELLI ORCHID DESIGN NO. 605 F.