Rococo Border.
Colored Plate XVIII.
Materials—22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 2 skeins each 615, 644.6, 644.7, 644.8; 1 skein each 505, 645, 725, 727, 728, 729, 781, 782, 783. Corticelli Persian Floss, 5 skeins, 615. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 22 inch size. See page 92.
Violet Design No. 611 B. Rococo Border.
Border.—Work the scallop with Corticelli Persian Floss, White, 615, in buttonhole stitch long and short to the inside line. Shade into the white one thread of Corticelli Filo Silk, 644.6, making an even line or finish on the narrow part of the scallop. Shade the points in the border with a few stitches of 644.7 and 644.8, thus giving them a darker effect. See Colored Plate XVIII.
Four Corners in Border.—Work the cross-bar in outline stitch with one thread of Corticelli Filo Silk, 644.8. Make a cross stitch with 645 where the lines intersect. Stuff the two jewels with cotton, or, better still, Corticelli Persian Floss, to raise the work, and then work over in satin stitch with Filo, 644.7, and outline with the same shade. (See Jewel Design No. 50, for directions for working jewels.)
Scroll.—Work the even side of the scroll around the cross-bar lines with Filo Silk, White, 615. Shade 644.7 and 644.8 into the white, giving the same effect as the border. See Colored Plate XVIII.
Flowers.—Begin the edge of the petals with 725, shading darker to the center with 727, 728, 729. Make some petals darker by omitting 725 and 727. In the center of the open flowers work a stitch in Yellow, 505. Work the calyx solid with Green, 782.
Leaves.—Begin the edge in Green, 781, shading to the center with 782. Vein and stem with 783. (Not Difficult.)