MONOGRAM COMPOSED OF LETTERS R AND C (fig. 208).—These are worked in black and grey, for mourning; the way C is divided, admits of a variety in the stitch; for instance, the back-stitches, in the illustration, may be replaced by very small eyelet holes.
[Illustration: FIG. 208. MONOGRAM COMPOSED OF LETTERS R AND C DRAWN FROM THE ALPHABETS OF MONOGRAMS. MATERIALS: Fil à dentelle D.M.C No. 150. COLOURS: Gris-Cendre 318 and Noir grand Teint 310.]
MONOGRAM COMPOSED OF LETTERS G AND E (fig. 209).—The flat satin stitching and back-stitching in E, and the stem-stitched edges of G are worked in white Coton à broder D.M.C; the inside of G in ivory white Coton surfin D.M.C.
[Illustration: FIG. 209. MONOGRAM COMPOSED OF LETTERS G AND E DRAWN FROM THE ALPHABETS OF MONOGRAMS. MATERIALS: Coton à broder D.M.C No. 120 white and Coton surfin D.M.C No. 120, unbleached.]
BORDER IN GOBELIN STITCH (fig. 210).—Gobelin embroidery is merely raised satin stitch, worked directly upon the pattern, without any foundation, or padding. The effectiveness of this kind of embroidery, which appears so complicated and is really so easy, and the many ways in which it can be utilised, soon brought it into favour. It can be worked on the article itself, or on stripes, laid on afterwards, with a hem-stitch bordering. The original of fig. 210 was in blue and red; Bleu Indigo 312 for the grounding, Rouge-Turc 321, for the setting in stem-stitch. The herring-boning along the edges of the pattern, top and bottom, is also in red.
[Illustration: FIG. 210. BORDER IN GOBELIN STITCH. MATERIALS: Coton à broder D.M.C No. 35 in two different colours such as: Bleu-Indigo 312 and Rouge-Cardinal 304, Rouge-Grenat 358 and 309 or, Gris-Tilleul 393 and Rouge-Cardinal 305.[A]]
Should a different selection of colours be made, it is important to remember that in all cases a sharp contrast is desirable.
ALPHABET AND NUMERALS, LEFT BLANK, AND OUTLINED BY THE GROUNDING, WORKED IN GOBELIN STITCH (figs. 211 to 215).
[Illustration: FIG. 211. ALPHABET LEFT BLANK AND OUTLINED BY THE GROUNDING. Letters A to N.]
[Illustration: FIG. 212. ALPHABET LEFT BLANK AND OUTLINED BY THE GROUNDING. Letters O to Z.]
[Illustration: FIG. 213. LETTER O, FROM THE ALPHABET GIVEN IN FIGS. 211 AND 212.]