Fig. 216. Border, outlined by the grounding worked in gobelin and stem stitch.
First part.
Fig. 216. Second part.
Materials: Coton à broder D.M.C No. 50.—Colours: Rouge-Turc 321 and Noir grand Teint 310.[A]
Be careful, in the grounding, not to make the red stitches near the edge, longer than they are represented in the illustration and to set the black stem stitches as close as possible to the grounding.
The pattern, which could only be reproduced in the original size, had to be divided in two, to fit the page. In copying it, join the A and B of the first part to the A and B of the second; the same in fig. [217], each time the pattern is repeated, the flowers are to droop from the + as seen from the position of the buds in the first part, at the beginning of the drawing.
Flower garland in different kinds of stitches (figs. [217] and [218]).—Most of the stitches, described at the beginning of this chapter, will be found in this graceful garland, in the execution of which a considerable variety of colours can be introduced. The rose-buds may be worked in two shades of Vert-Pistache and of Rouge-Grenat, in the stitches described in figs. [173], [177], [189] A; the forget-me-nots, in two or even three shades of Bleu-Indigo, in raised satin stitch and knotted stitch; the slender green leaves in Vert-de-gris, or Gris-Tilleul, the stamens in Jaune-Citron, and the stalks of the roses in Brun-Acajou.
Fig. 217. Flower-garland in different kinds of stitches.
First part.
