In either case it must be so laid on as completely to hide the cut edges and keep them from fraying.
Should you wish to frame the appliqué figures with flat embroidery, you must bring your needle out close to the cut edge and enter it, 1 or 2 m/m. within the edge from above.
Both, cord and flat stitch setting, should be of a subdued shade and if possible, of a colour to match the foundation.
Morocco embroidery (figs. [863], [864], [865], [866]).—This work named after the country where it was originated, belongs both to the class of darned and damask embroidery.
Fig. 863. Morocco embroidery.
Materials—According to the stuff: Fil à pointer D.M.C, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C, Coton à broder D.M.C or Coton à repriser D.M.C.[A]
Colour: Rouge-Cardinal 346.[A]
In fig. [864], the stitches are formed by passing over 5 threads and taking up the sixth. Coming back you take up the third of the 5 threads first missed and proceed in the same manner over the whole surface of the work, unless the lines of the pattern require you to depart from this rule; as, for instance, in certain parts of fig. [864], where you will notice stitches, carried over 7 or 8 threads; also in the borders, fig. [865] and [866], where the stitches are arranged in a rather arbitrary manner, in order to bring out the pattern more clearly.
Fig. 864. Morocco embroidery.
Quarter of the subjects of fig. [863].