Apple Blossom Design No. 612 F.
This design is square, the edges are doubled under and securely sewed with silk. For this reason only a small quantity of silk is required for working, as none is used for buttonholing the edge.
Border.—Use same instructions as given for working border of Daisy Design 612 D, page 49.
Flowers.—Begin the edge of the petals with 636, shading lighter to the center with 655.8, 655.7, 616. Make some petals lighter by omitting 636 and use 615 in place of 616 toward the center. Vary the shading by making some flowers almost white. In each petal make two or three stamens with Green, 781, and place a small French knot of 645 at the end of each stamen. See Colored Plate XXI.
Buds and Calyx.—Begin the edge of the petals with 637, shading lighter to the base with 636. Work all the buds darker than the flowers. Work the calyx in Green, 782.
Leaves.—Work solid. Use Green, 781, for the points, shading gradually darker to the center with 782, 783, 755, with a touch of 852 near the base and midvein. Vary the shading as usual. Work the stems solid with 755, 852, 527, using most of 527. (Not Difficult.)
Violet Design No. 613 A.
Materials—22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 1 skein each 506, 725, 727, 728, 729, 781, 782, 783. Corticelli Persian Floss, 1 skein 615. Smaller sizes take less silk. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 9 and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
