Leaves.—Slant the stitches downward as you would to work stems. Tip the points of the leaves with Green, 781, shading gradually darker toward the stems with 782, 109, 110. Work the stems with 109, 110. (Not Difficult.)
Sweet Pea Tea Cloth Design No. 407 G.
Hemstitched and Silk Corded Edge.
Colored Plate XXVII.
(See Illustration on Page 81.)
By Amalia Smith.
Materials—Corticelli Filo Silk: 2 skeins each 501, 502, 503, 616, 616.5, 678, 679, 680, 681, 725, 726, 727, 729, 757, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784. Dealers can furnish hemstitched stamped linen of this design, 36 × 36 inches. See page 92.
Sweet peas grow in such a variety of exquisite colorings that the utmost license is available in selecting the colors for each flower. However, be careful to avoid startling combinations. The following suggestions for a color scheme will be found to give a very pretty effect.
Flowers.—Work solid, being careful to start the stitches in the right direction. Begin the edge of the petal with a dark shade, shade gradually lighter to the stem. The stitches should be taken in a downward curve to the stem. Make some flowers pink on the edge and yellow near the stem; make others shade from pink to violet; still another flower violet and yellow, and again working some all of one color, shading from dark on edge to light near the stem. Work the calyx in Green, 781, 782, the darker shade near the stem.