“That would look gay, and quite right for afternoon tea, I think,” said Margaret, getting out her embroidery-bag and selecting the colors from the French embroidery cotton in it.
Embroiderer was harnessed with pink for the first flower.
“Don’t forget to work the petals from the center all the time,” Sir Bodkin said to him.
“I know, Sire,” he replied and stepped on the wrong side of the tea-cloth to fasten the thread underneath the flower center, then he sang:
“From the center step out, and a loop I make,
At the center step in, and a quick step take
Out over the loop end, and step in once more,
Then out at the center, make loop as before.”
“It goes easier than it sounds,” said Margaret as she and the Fairy made lazy-daisy petals of pink, then blue, all along the tea-cloth.
“With the yellow centers, it will look very handsome,” replied Sir Bodkin.