_Materials_--22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each
655.7, 678, 679, 782, 783; 1 skein each 680, 682, 781. Corticelli
Persian Floss, 6 skeins 615. Smaller pieces take less silk. Dealers
can furnish stamped linen of this design in 9, 12, 18, and 22 inch
sizes. See page 92.
[Illustration: RED CLOVER DESIGN NO. 607 D.]
Border.--Work the scallop in buttonhole stitch with Corticelli Persian
Floss, White, 615. The shell shaped scallop buttonhole irregularly long
and short on the inside. Over this work Corticelli Filo Silk, Pink,
655.7, into which shade Pink, 678, leaving a long and short effect on
the inside. See Colored Plate III. The scroll near the border can be
done in either outline or seamstress feather stitch in Green, 781.
Flowers.--Work solid in shades of Pink, 655.7, 678, 679, 680, 682.
Use only one shade for a petal. Make the back petals in 679, 680; the
middle or center petals with 655.7, 678; and those nearest the stem in
680, 682. Be careful to keep the petals separate. See Colored Plate XV.
Leaves.--Work the leaves under the flower solid with green, using 782
for the edge, and 781 for the crescent or horseshoe. At the base of the
leaves near the stem work a few stitches of 783, using the same shade
for the stems. (Easy.)
_Chrysanthemum Design No. 607 D._
[Illustration: CHRYSANTHEMUM DESIGN NO. 607 D.]
_Materials_--22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each 506,
507, 508, 781, 782, 783; 1 skein each 504, 505, 616.5, 784, 813,
814. Corticelli Persian Floss, 6 skeins 616.5. Smaller pieces take
less silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 9,
12, 18, and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
Border.--Work the scallop in buttonhole stitch with Corticelli Persian
Floss, White, 616.5. Buttonhole the shell scallop long and short on the
inside, and over this work one thread of Corticelli Filo Silk 616.5,
leaving a long and short effect on the inside. See Colored Plate No.
III. The scroll near the center work in outline stitch with 813.
Flowers.--Begin the edge of the petals in Yellow, 504, shading darker
to the base of petal with 505, 506, 507, 508, 813, 814. It is not
necessary to use all these shades in every petal; make some lighter and
some darker. Work the center of the full flower in 504. For the petals
that curl inward and over the center use 508, shading darker to base
with 813, 814. Work the edge of petals of buds in 507, shading darker
toward the calyx with 508, 813, 814. Use Green, 781, for the points of
calyx, shading darker towards the stem with 782, 783.
Leaves.--Work the edges with 781, shading darker toward the center with
782, 783. Vein with 784. Work the stems in two rows of stem stitch with
784. (Not Difficult.)
_Buttercup Design No. 607 E._