Carnation Design No. 612 B.
This design is square, the edges are doubled under and securely sewed with silk.
Border—Use same instructions as given for working border of Daisy Design 612 D. See below.
Flowers.—Begin the edge of the petals with 639, shading lighter to the calyx with 638, 637, 636, 655.7. Make some petals light and others dark. In the full flower it is better to make the back petals lighter and those in the foreground darker. See Colored Plate XIX. Work that part of the calyx near the petals with Green, 780, 781, and the bottom with 782.
Leaves.—Work solid, using 780 for the points and shading gradually darker with 781, 782. Use 783 for the stems. (Not Difficult.)
Daisy Design No. 612 D.
Colored Plate XX.
Materials—22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 7 skeins 615; 3 skeins 645; 2 skeins 644.6, 1 skein each 503, 505, 582, 661, 662, 692.8, 753, 754. Smaller sizes take less silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 9, 18, and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
