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By Amalia Smith.
Materials—22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each 725, 727; 1 skein each 645, 726, 728, 729, 729.5, 740, 741, 742, 743, 743.5 743.7, 754, 766, 780, 781, 782. Corticelli EE Embroidery Silk, 6 skeins 615. Smaller pieces take less silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 18 and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
Pansy Design No. 605 B.
Pansies always have a peculiar charm of their own, and as subjects for embroidery afford opportunity for very skillful, as well as artistic, treatment. The range of color is so varied and the possibility of pleasing combinations is so great that the following instructions are given simply as a suggestion. However, the directions will be found ample for the less experienced needleworker who does not care for a color scheme of her own.
Border.—Work the scallop in buttonhole stitch with Corticelli EE Embroidery Silk, White, 615; or Persian Floss, 615, can be used.
Flowers.—Work solid in combination of Purple, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 729.5, and Yellow, 740, 741, 742, 743, 743.5, 743.7. It would be effective to work some flowers all in purple, others in yellow with purple rays. Commence with the two upper back petals of the open flower nearest to the border. Work the edge of the petal with Yellow, 743; shade into that 743.5, 743.7, and use 645 near the center for shadow. Begin the edge of the three lower petals with 743, shading lighter to the center with 742, 741, 740. See Colored Plate I (Frontispiece). To lend variety the three lower petals in some yellow flowers can be made lighter on the edge and darker toward the center.
From the center of the flower, extending into the three lower petals make rays of Purple, 729. Work a few solid stitches of Scarlet, 766, in the center of the flower. Now begin with the two upper back petals of the purple flowers using 728 for edge of the petal, shading gradually darker to the center with 728, 729, and make a few stitches of 729.5 in rays, and as shadows. Begin the edge of the lower petals with 725 and gradually shade darker to the center, making rays in the three lower petals with 729.5. Work a few solid stitches of Scarlet, 766, in the center of the flowers. See Colored Plate I (Frontispiece) for shading and proper direction of the stitches.