They are worked with coloured filoselle in point
Russe, herring-bone stitch, coral stitch, and knotted stitch, on cloth,
velvet, cashmere, or silk. The middle oval of both medallions contrasts
with the colour of the ground, and must therefore be worked in applique
on the latter with herring-bone stitch, before working the outer border.
The wreath on No. 211 is worked in coral stitch; the knots, which
imitate small blossoms, in knotted stitch. The choice of colours is left
to the personal taste of the worker.
[Illustration: 210.--Medallion in Point Russe.]
[Illustration: 211.--Medallion in Point Russe.]
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212.--_Butterfly for Handkerchief Corner_.
Materials: French lawn or cambric; fine black silk.
This butterfly is worked in the finest black silk procurable, in order
more closely to imitate etching. It is worked in point Russe and scallop
stitch; the dark shaded scallops are worked in button-hole scallop
stitch, the stitches being taken very closely together, but not raised
by the usual method of placing chain stitches beneath the button-hole
stitches.
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