This design is square, the edges are doubled under and securely sewed. No silk is therefore required for buttonholing the edge.
Border.—Use same instructions as given for working Border of Daisy Design 612 D, page 49.
Flowers.—Begin the edge with 639 and shade lighter to center with 638, 655.9, 655.8. Make some petals lighter and some flowers lighter than others. Vary the shading. In the center of the open flower work a few stitches of Green, 780, and irregularly around these stitches make French knots in Yellow, 504. A study of Colored Plate IX will assist one in shading this design.
Leaves.—Work solid. Begin the edge with Green, 780, shading gradually darker to the center with 781, 782, 783. Vary the shading. Make the leaves under the flowers much darker. Use but a little of 780 and only on tips. Work the veins and stems with Green, 784. (Easy.)
Apple Blossom Design No. 612 F.
Colored Plate XXI.
Materials—22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 4 skeins 615; 3 skeins 645; 2 skeins each 636, 637, 644.6, 655.7, 655.8, 781, 782; 1 skein each 527, 616, 755, 783, 852. Smaller sizes take less silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 9, 18, and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
