The four ovals placed together are worked of four contrasting colours. These ovals are composed of two rows of chain stitch. The outer row of the first oval is dark red, and the inner one bright red. Following the same arrangement, the second oval is of two shades of green; the third of two shades of blue; and the fourth of two shades of yellow. The knotted stitch in the centre is violet. The dots outside the ovals are worked in satin stitch, and are alternately red, yellow, violet, and blue. The stems are long stitches of black silk. The arabesque patterns between those formed of four ovals are worked in chain stitch with silk [153] of two shades of brown. The colours of the ovals may be varied as much as you please, but the brown shades of the arabesque patterns should remain the same for the whole of the border.
180 and 181.--Embroidery Stars.
Materials: Fine linen; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s embroidery cotton No. 40.
These stars are designed for medallions, to be worked on linen collars and cuffs. No. 180 is worked in successive rows of back-stitching, round an open wheel; ladder stitch (see No. [81], Embroidery Instructions) is worked round this, and a raised scallop in button-hole stitch forms the edge.
No. 181 is worked in raised satin stitch; the interior of the star is filled with lace wheels.