_Materials_--22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each
615, 616, 616.5, 740, 741, 742, 780, 781; 1 skein each 692.8, 743,
743.5, 782, 783, 784. Corticelli Persian Floss, 6 skeins 615.
Smaller pieces take less silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of
this design in 18 and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
For the more experienced worker this design has many attractions,
and aided by the Colored Plate many who otherwise would be unable
to embroider this rose will find no difficulty in following the
directions. It is as handsome a design as the most ambitious could
desire, affording opportunity for very artistic treatment.
Border.--Work the scallop in buttonhole stitch with Corticelli Persian
Floss, 615. For the flowers in the border choose Corticelli Filo Silk,
615, shading to center with Green, 692.8. Put a few French knots of
Yellow, 742, in the center. Or work the centers of these border flowers
in Yellow, 740, instead of Green, 692.8, shading outward with 616.5 and
616.
Large Rose.--Begin the edge of some of the petals with Corticelli
Filo Silk, Yellow, 743.5, shading gradually lighter to 616 at base.
The edge of the other petals can be done with Yellow, 740, shading
darker toward base with 741, 742, 743, 743.5. The turn over petals must
be raised high by filling in with long stitches of Corticelli Roman
Floss, although darning or embroidery cotton can be used; over this
filling work Filo Silk, Cream White, 616, care being taken to slant the
stitches in almost the opposite direction from those in the rest of the
petal. See Colored Plate XXIV. In working the roses remember to use the
darker shades for the back petals, as well as for the hollows or deep
places and choose the lighter shades for the high-lights or the raised
parts, such as turn over petals and those on the outside.
Buds.--Work solid, using 743.5 for the point of the buds, shading
lighter toward calyx with Yellow, 743, 742. Work the points of calyx
with Green, 780, shading darker toward the bulb with 781, 782, 783,
784.
Leaves.--Work solid. For edge of some of the leaves use Green, 781,
shading toward the center with 782, 783. Vein with 784. For the
smallest leaves 780 can be used for the points, shading toward the
center with 781, 782, and veining with 783. A study of Colored Plate
XXIV will repay one, as it gives the shading of the leaves as well as
of the roses. (Difficult.)
_Rabbit Chafing Dish Design No. 53._