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ILLUSTRATION 94.--- The outline of this leaf is embroidered in
overcast stitch; the open-work veining consists of eyelets; one half
of the leaf is worked in back stitch, the other half in a kind of
satin stitch worked without chain stitches underneath;
[94]the
stitches are worked across the leaf, leaving between two stitches an
interval as wide as the stitch itself. The next row is then worked in
these intervals, and each stitch begins half-way up the one before and
after it.
ILLUSTRATIONS 95 to 97 (Leaf in
Raised Embroidery).--This kind of embroidery is particularly
beautiful, as it is worked separately and sewn on the material with an
outline in very fine cotton, this produces the shade seen in 95 (see
also illustrations 98 to 113). For such leaves work first one half in
overcast and satin stitch (illustration 96); the other half is worked
on a separate piece of material (see illustration 97); cut away the
material along the overcast outline, and fasten it on the foundation
material along the outline which forms the veining on illustration 96.
ILLUSTRATIONS 98 TO 100 show a similar
leaf; both halves are worked separately (see 99); the centre is worked
in open lace stitch. The latter (see No. 100) is traced, then make
ladder stitches across, work the outlines in overcast stitch, and cut
away the material underneath the ladder stitch. The cross stitches are
then worked in darning stitch with very fine cotton wherever two
threads meet.
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