Jewel Design No. 50.
Colored Plate XXIII.
By Emma Haywood.
Materials—22 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 4 skeins each 113, 114, 809, 810, 811; 3 skeins each 752.9, 753; 2 skeins each 700, 701, 786, 787, 788; 1 skein each 646, 650, 656, 812. Corticelli Persian Floss, 4 skeins 786. Corticelli EE Twisted Embroidery Silk, 8 skeins 809.
Materials—9 inch Size: Corticelli Filo Silk, 1 skein each of above shades. Corticelli Persian Floss, 1 skein 786; Corticelli EE Twisted Embroidery Silk, 2 skeins 809. Dealers can furnish stamped linen of this design in 9, 12, 18, and 22 inch sizes. See page 92.
Jewel Design No. 50.
Jewel embroidery is more than ever popular, and deservedly so, not only on account of the scope it gives for daintiness of design, but more especially because of the splendid possibilities in the arrangement of color. Of course one is not slavishly tied to copying the exact color of any particular gem; the decorator's license is available here just the same as in reproducing flowers, an artistic and harmonious scheme of color must be the first consideration. Unless the jewels be of unusual size it is better to work each individual gem in one shade, varying the tone if repeated in the same group. It must be remembered that embroidery, like any textile fabric, to a great extent shades itself, especially when the surface is glossy. In this style of design it is well to introduce as great a variety of coloring as possible, avoiding however very violent contrasts.
We suggest a scheme that will be found to work beautifully, but many others might be thought out with equally good results. It should be observed, however, that in formulating a scheme all the colors employed should be chosen in about the same tone to avoid the spottiness so often found in amateur work; the very best designs can easily be spoiled through inattention to this rule. The task of following exactly the directions given is rendered easy by means of the numbers on the labels attached to each skein of Corticelli Silk and by reference to Colored Plate XXIII.